Which excerpt from Fever 1793 directly reveals a character's thoughts or feelings? A)Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flie
s buzzing above the bowl. B)"Grandfather says this trouble will soon be over. He says people don’t have gumption anymore." C) "I’m glad they’ll stop ringing the bells," I said.
D) "A neighbor threatened to burn the place down if the sick are not removed," explained Mr. Carris.
C) "I’m glad they’ll stop ringing the bells," I said.
Explanation:
In this line, we learn about the thoughts of a specific character. The excerpt tells us that the character in question is glad to know that "they" will stop ringing the bells. This passage comes from the book <em>Fever 1793</em> by Laurie Halse Anderson. It describes the events that took place within a family during the 1793 epidemic of yellow fever that took place in Philadelphia.
It is D, because if you saw a simple sentence that said, "They rule the earthly world of men together," you wouldn't know who "They" are. That is why it is dependent, because it is depending on the rest of the paragraph to do its part first. :D
