D. "Neither my friends nor my family cares about me," said Finlay.
In this sentence there are two subjects, "friends" and "family". Since the conjunction "neither...nor" is used, the subject-verb agreement gets a little tricky. If both subjects were singular, as in he or she, the verb must agree with a singular subject. This is because it is either one or the other not both. In this sentence, one subject is plural, friends, and one subject is singular, family. Family is considered a collective noun, so even though there are many people in the family, there is only one family. Since family is closest to the verb and it is singular, "to care" must be in the singular form. Option B and C are wrong because the verbs "were" and "are" are plural verbs.
In "the gift of the magi", the narrator, like a comfortable, old storyteller, explains and describes the fictional account of Della and Jim at Christmas time.
<u>Explanation:</u>
One of the ways in which O. Henry creates suspense and tension in the story "The Gift of the Magi" is by using what many story writers, including screen writers, which is called as "ticking clock."
Another way by which suspense is created in the story by the narrator is when Della got pair of tortoise shell combs as a gift, but didn't expect to receive them as a gift and she did not know whom did she get those from. So these were two situations of suspense in the story.
When it said she was a bit of a BRAT.
The authors purpose for writing this was to discuss of the different Apollo programs, the type of missions they had and what they did.
The author emphasizes on what the Apollo missions were about and how long they were. The author emphasized on these details to show that the moon landing came in steps and didn’t just happen on the first day.
The methods the author used was dates and they helped by showing us how long the missions took.
The authors point of view is in third person, this point of view affects the meaning of the text by showing that the author did not have first hand experience about the Apollo missions. This makes the text more informative as for the author to know these exact details they would need to do extension research.
