B. she may feel you are stingy
The part of this excerpt from Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" describe the narrator's opinion of the sea as a hostile entity is "that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective".
Answer:
The oxymoron creates a contradictory mood, emphasizing the confused nature of love.
Explanation:
The oxymoron is a figure of speech that allows to present a paradox in the text, that is, the oxymoron presents in the same sentence, two contrary information, but that are complemented in some way.
In the text presented above, the oxymoron is seen in the lines "the sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness". With this sentence, the author creates a contradictory mood, but presents a characteristic love as something confused, but pleasurable.
The acronym SMART stands for
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
