I believe that the answer is "The candidates speech interested the crowd." <3
<span>a refutation or contradiction.
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<span>The answer is B: Shakespeare's King Lear is about nothing: Ciphers and zeros recur as motifs and represent the main theme of the play. It is the only one that has a reason to back up the statement. The rest leave you to question why the statements feels or thinks the way they do.</span>
D. preposition: near; object of the preposition: island
Near the wooded island is a prepositional phrase -- begins with a preposition (near) and ends with an object (island). The is an article adjective and wooded is an adjective.