He has gotten wiser. He's also not as good as he was. He used a weapon with the dragon, but he didn't with Grendel. He knew he was older and slower.
Answer:
The man was about to be hanged.
Explanation:
Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" tells the story of how a convicted man was about to be hanged on the railroad bridge. The man, Peyton Farquhar, was a plantation farmer who was accused of trying to burn down the bridge during the Civil War.
The lines/ excerpt given in the question is from the first paragraph of the story which shows Peyton waiting for his death. The author/ speaker of the story is describing the scene and setting of the story, the exact point where we see Peyton (yet unnamed) waiting for the rope to be pulled which will finalize his death.
The answer is III: a question.
A thesis statement is a statement, usually located at the middle or end of the first or introductory paragraph of an essay or research paper. It is a condensed summary of the main claim, controlling idea, and topic that the text addresses. Through support, evidence, and arguments, the rest of the paper is dedicated to elaborate upon the thesis statement.
The paragraph above is an example of descriptive because throughout the paragraph it goes into depth about the setting and description of the setting and the characters
