the aspect of this excerpt that most clearly marks it as a work of modernism
Small mice fit nicely into coat pockets.
The complete predicate in this sentence is "fit nicely into coat pockets."
This is because a sentence is made up of two halves: the complete subject and the complete predicate. The latter of these two makes up the part of the sentence that <em>describes</em> the subject, or what the subject is <em>doing</em>.
Answer:
B.) Many thought a German submarine had sunk the heavily
loaded ship.
Explanation:
A.), C.), and D.) are incorrect because they make no connection between the sinking of the USS Cyclops to World War 1.
B.) is correct because it connects the USS Cyclops (the heavily loaded ship) to World War 1 (German submarine).
Answer:
c. The ground was hollowed out, as if cattle had gone over it.
Explanation:
The scout thought the island belonged to Christians because <u>the ground was hollowed out, as if cattle had gone over it.</u>
The ground was hollowed out and it seemed that the Christians had previously occupied that territory.
The scouts later met he small Indian community in the little forest who further told them the establishments of the Christians and therefore cleared out all the doubts they had.
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