Which one of these excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi best shows that the story is told by a subjective narrator
? A. This fellow had . . . an ignorant silver watch and a showy brass watch chain. B. The crew are grouped on the forecastle.
C. The boiler deck, the hurricane deck, and the texas deck are fenced and ornamented with clean white railings.
D. The minister's son became an engineer.
The correct answer is A) compound verb. A compound verb is one which consists of two parts. The compound verbs here are: 'wanted to go' and 'decided to visit'.