<span>1. </span><span>Mark had a gift for empathy; he seemed to be able to
relate to anyone’s pain and sorrow. </span>
<span>2. </span><span>Over the summer, many people plan to travel to exotic places,
and play at the beach. </span>
<span>3. </span>The short excerpt uses “I” repeatedly. I would
suggest that she erases the repeated “I” and replace them with something else.
<span>4.
</span>I am guessing that the underlined is “good at
listening and feeling my pain”? I would suggest to replace that with the
word “sentimental.”
<span>5.
</span>A synonym for
“faithfulness” is fidelity.
<span>6.
</span><span>I never thought I would
have to write and deliver the eulogy of anyone, let alone my best
friend.<span> </span></span>
Fluster: to put into a state of busy confusion
The answer is 5: a thesis
The <em>repetition of a specific theme dominanting</em> of things that have a significance in a literary work is what this literay device, motif, is about. It helps to develop the central theme. And, being a <em>recorring </em>element, it can be used as a <em>reminder of certain ideas</em> for the readers; <em>it's like the claim or main argument about a topic.</em>
I'm pretty sure that it's D. In addition
You should start with listing the different ways you want to test them. Then each paragraph should talk about each different method and the results. Hope this helps.