Answer:
option 3
Explanation:
it is a suspenseful line that indicates the storm will do a lot of damage
Hmm...an easier way to find a theme of the story would be either scheming through the story looking for clues or facts or read it.
I hope this answer helps.
23. “all things considered” is a nominative absolute (NA).
24. “a nuclear engineer” is an appositive (AP).
25. “There” is an expletive (EXP), as you correctly noted.
26. “Maria” is used as a direct address (DA).
27. “green” is an objective complement (OC).
28. “president” is a predicate nominative (PN).
29. “alert” is a predicate adjective (PA).
30. “There” is, again, an expletive (EXP), as you again correctly noted.
31. “fence” is a direct object (DO).
32. “us” is an indirect object (IO).
As in so many mystery novels, Roger Ackroyd is set in a small, isolated community where everybody knows everybody else. The isolated, close-knit setting 1) suggests that the criminal is someone who everybody knows, and 2) creates a paranoid, suspenseful mood, since the criminal is hiding a big secret from their neighbors. It’s also telling that the owners of the two most “important houses” in town are also the two main victims of the novel.
