A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.
Answer:
B. In the absence of surprise, a witty remark loses much of its humorous effect.
Explanation:
Answer B
Correct. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that “merriment” (amusement) can be produced only by “a sudden impression,” that is, a surprise. In the second sentence of the paragraph, the author advances that claim by using the clause “which is expected” to assert that jests (witty remarks) lacking such an element of surprise (because the audience is expecting them) lose much of their humor and are thus effectively “already destroyed.”
This is an instance of dramatic irony, taking into account that this figure of spech is when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
Rites of passage are important occasions of somebody's life. For example, puberty, marriage, having children and death.
Guideline:
“The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant”
14 year-old boy asks Sheila out. They go to the cinema by boat. The boy covers the fishing rod and fails to catch a big bass. Then he is upset.
"Oranges"
12 year-old boy goes out on a date with a girl for the first time. They go to the drugstore on foot. He has an orange in his pocket. She picks a chocolate. They take each other's hands. He peels the orange and she opens the chocolate.
She thinks he can’t be trusted to use good sense
