Answer:
Fourth Option: It introduces the topic and involves the reader in the activity.
Explanation:
Bob Kowalski in his article "A big Year" gives a slight clue to what the article is about i.e. <em>see a bird.</em> So it is about seeing birds. Another very important effect achieved by this line is that the writer engages the reader right from the beginning by directly addressing the reader. He creates a curiosity in reader's mind about why one needs to go the ends of the earth just to see a bird.
First option is incorrect because there is nothing such idea (birding being silly thing) neither in the first line nor anywhere in the article.
Second option is incorrect because the birders are not yet introduced in this line.
Third option is also incorrect because there is nothing such idea in the first line or anywhere in the article.
The answer is, "Friar Laurence is assuring the Capulets that Juliet is happy in heaven."
If you look more into the full excerpt, you can see that Friar Laurence's whole monologue was meant to comfort the Capulet's regarding Juliet's death so that they would stop crying. He continues to reassure them that Juliet is in a better place in heaven and that they have no reason to continue crying.
A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.
Answer:
C “John Clark’s voice dropped almost to a whisper. ‘You’ll take the string of six horses to the ford at Plover’s Creek.’”
Explanation:
In this sentence he is whispering so this represents a secret.
