Answer:
A - the use of several short phrases connected by commas.
Explanation:
Reading those short phrases connected by commas give the excerpt a rhytm, a speed, and keeps up a pace.
" I was paralyzed with terror, cold with fright, ready to shout out, ready to die."
Option B: there isn't very detailed or descriptive imagery.
C: None of the words slow down the sentence.
D: the technique or procedure used in option A fits.
C. Growing bigger
However, I am still not too sure.
The type of conflict which is implied in the above passage is Person vs. Self.
In the short story “The Gift of Magi,” the American writer O. Henry speaks about the feeling of love and the emotions related to it. The couple Della and Jim are so much in love with each other that they would sacrifice anything for their partner to be happy. Since they are poor, they both fall short in arranging money for the Christmas gift. Della wanted to buy a platinum chain for Jim’s watch, but her savings were not enough for the gift. Della decided to sell off her long hair and buy a platinum chain for Jim's watch while Jim sold off her watch to buy a beautiful comb for Della's beautiful hair. The last scene of the story reflects on their love for each other which is beyond the materialistic nature of the world. Their sacrifice for each other made them the wisest people like Magi.
The speaker thinks (feels) that her daughter is growing up very fast and uncontrollably, so the speaker feels a wistful feeling towards past years in which her daughter was young and just learning to ride a bike, and the speaker wishes her daughter to remain forever in her chidlike state and never grow up.
The strengths, weaknesses, and motivations of the characters.
