I believe the correct answer is: “Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf…”
The setting of the narrative represents the place where narrative is being unfolded – its surroundings, position. This quotation is the best contribution to the setting as it describes the place where the story begins or where story happens (at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage).
Therefore, the excerpt from the text best establishes the setting of this passage is:
"Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf with fine-toothed edges, then let it drop so he could capture a newer one, a larger, brilliantly red leaf whose crinkled surface curled like the palm of a hand. Behind him, at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage."
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The correct answer is option 3: "If you want to visit the memorial, I can take you there."
It is not option 1 because the first sentence contains too many commas, making the sentence sound choppy. It also adds many unnecessary pauses.
It also is not option 2 because the sentence is a run-on.
I hope this helps you! Have a lovely day!
- Mal
When an author writes, she meets reader expectations by envisioning herself as the targeted audience.
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‘It goes on and on and on’
Repetition
‘The smell of wine and cheap purfume’
Imagery
‘Their shadows searching the night’
Personification
Are a few. And I’m sure there are many more hope this helps!
(You can try these, these words can represent "system".) Method or methods, organization, routine, strategy, or operation.
