Dialogue, since it is 2-way and cooperative.
Answer:
After the events of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus and his four children live in Thebes until the children are young adults. Oedipus then exiles himself to Colonus, and he takes Antigone with him to care for him as he grows old. ... Polyneices returns to Thebes. Oedipus dies and is buried in Colonus, and Antigone returns to Thebes.
Explanation:
I'd choose this dialogue to revise your sentence:
<span>“Did you hear?” I asked them. “My painting got selected! Exciting, right?” I smiled. “Especially given that I felt so incompetent at the beginning and that the competition was ruthless!”
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It feels like the option that best uses the dialogue to improve this sentence, because the other options are either too informal or just the same sentence as the original one.
Answer:
An antebellum could be a time of peace.
Explanation:
The antebellum period in a nation's history could be peaceful because war was not occurring yet.