The answer to your question is the first choice, alliteration.
The repitition from the words that begin with the letter "a" (An, Austrian, array, awfully, arrayed, and boldly) use alliteration as well as repeating the words that begin with the letter "b" (boldly, by, battery, and besieged Belgrade), and the same thing with the letters "c" and "d."
On the day of the wedding, Thumbelina goes outside one last time to see the sun, and is saved, at the last possible minute, by her bird friend. He takes her to the land of flowers and drops her in a blossom where there is a tiny prince, just her size, to whom she becomes (happily) married
The prefix is dis. if I am wrong sorry.
Answer:
The three phrases which complete the sentence (in their right) are:
A, D and C.
- He demonstrated a resolve to survive.
- He applied strategy to the need at hand
- He pushed through difficult circumstances.
Explanation
Every action begins as a thought. So it's reasonable to put 'A' first. Resolutions begin in the mind.
The last sentence 'C' reports some kind of conclusion. "He pushed through difficult circumstances."
'D' tells us how: He pushed through difficult circumstances by "applying strategy to the need at hand"
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