Answer:
It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get back into the house, i didn't notice the black car parked across the road. I realized something was wrong when I decided to grab an umbrella and walk down the road to see if they were there to follow me or stalk me. It was rainy, dark, and cold that night. I grabbed the first umbrella in my reach and quickly started walking the opposite way the car was parked. I got around the corner, ducked behind a bush, and watched. The car quickly flipped around and almost raced down the street as quietly as possible without losing sight of me. I quickly got up, ran a little so it didn't look like I'd stopped, and continued on my walk. I had turned here and there, wound around several places, and the car was still following me from quite a distance. I had gone so far that I was near a friends house. I decided to avoid a conflict with the strange person, I would have to go see my friend Jen in the late hours of the night. I would explain to her what had happened, and just in case the person could see me through the window, I would act like I went there for a reason. Maybe pretend I was late for something. I got to her house and the bedroom light was on. All I could think to myself was <em>thank god</em>. I got up to the door and....
Explanation:
Instances of magic realism in the passage with explanations are listed down.
Explanation:
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<em>"Her husband
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<em>emerges from the light and comes toward
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<em>her, taller than the palms, walking on water"</em>
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This part of the passage employs the technique of magic realism.
It is when the improbable things like myths, legends, larger than life comparisons are interspersed in a realistic narrative so as to make sense of things that do not otherwise make much sense.
Here, the woman does not believe her eyes when her husband appears in the skyline so the imagery that describes his appearance is used in this way to convey the magical emotion.
The most logical order for these sentences is D. 4, 1, 5, 2, 3.
Ordering sentences logically is important in order to build a coherent paragraph, that is, a paragraph that has unity and makes sense.<u> D) is the correct option because the paragraph must start with a presentation of the person that the text is going to talk about</u>, in this case, Dana Torres. Moreover,<u> the word 'trials', which has been used in the first sentence (4), is also used in the second one (1)</u>. This contributes to give coherence to the paragraph. Furthermore,<u> the third sentence (5) refers to 'that excellent performance' that has been mentioned in the previous sentence (1)</u>. In that way, option D) is the most logical order for these sentences.
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
It is broader than the story as it provides the readers with a important and universal idea it goes beyond the story
A torrent of water is always "huge' as it flows in a large volume; So,'huge' is unnecessary.
