Answer: C. "He was younger than me, but he'd got craft, and he'd got learning, and he overmatched me five hundred times told and no mercy."
The correct answer is E - all of the above. An author's voice is made up by all of the answers listed. It allows the reader to understand the author, the tone, and the purpose of the story/poem.
the word you but in the blank is the word is.
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