The correct answer of the given question above would be the first sentence. Based on the given paragraph above from Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”, the line that best reflects the subject of the excerpt is this: In disjointed sentences the cook and the correspondent argued as to the difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge. Hope this answer helps.
<span>A. Martin Luther King, Jr., fought for African Americans’ rights.
All the other verb phrases have a helping verb before the action verb.
</span><span>A. Martin Luther King, Jr., fought for African Americans’ rights.
B. Martin Luther King, Jr., <em>was</em><em> </em>assassinated.
C. Many people <em>were </em>helped by the work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
D. Great changes <em>were </em>brought about by Martin Luther King, Jr.</span>