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arsen [322]
2 years ago
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Which narrative element is used in this excerpt from Theodore Dreiser’s short story “Peter”? On Monday, the day he saw me, he wa

s well. On Tuesday morning he had a slight cold but insisted on running out somewhere without his overcoat, against which his wife protested. Tuesday night he had a fever and took quinine and aspirin and a hot whiskey.
Wednesday morning he was worse and a doctor was called, but it was not deemed serious. Wednesday night he was still worse and pneumonia had set in. Thursday he was lower still, and by noon a metal syphon of oxygen was sent for, to relieve the sense of suffocation setting in. Thursday night he was weak and sinking, but expected to come round—and still, so unexpected was the attack, so uncertain the probability of anything fatal, that no word was sent, even to me. Friday morning he was no worse and no better. "If he was no worse by night he might pull through." At noon he was seized with a sudden sinking spell. Oxygen was applied by his wife and a nurse, and the doctor sent for. By one-thirty he was lower still, very low. "His face was blue, his lips ashen," his wife told me. "We put the oxygen tube to his mouth and I said 'Can you speak, Peter?' I was so nervous and frightened. He moved his head a little to indicate 'no.' 'Peter,' I said, 'you mustn't let go! You must fight! Think of me! Think of the babies!' I was a little crazy, I think, with fear. He looked at me very fixedly. He stiffened and gritted his teeth in a great effort. Then suddenly he collapsed and lay still. He was dead." A.This excerpt shows the writer’s use of figurative language to hold the reader’s attention.
B.This excerpt shows how the writer develops Peter's character.
C.This excerpt shows how the writer is trying to pace the story through flashbacks.
D.This excerpt shows how the writer is trying to develop a specific conflict.
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2 answers:
sesenic [268]2 years ago
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Thank you for posting your question here at brainly. I hope the answer will help you. Feel free to ask more questions.

The  narrative element is used in this excerpt from Theodore Dreiser’s short story “Peter” is <span>This excerpt shows how the writer is trying to pace the story through flashbacks.</span>
Pavel [41]2 years ago
3 0

the correct answer would be D. This excerpt shows how the writer is trying to develop a specific conflict.

explanation: the excerpt if building up to the point where peter dies.

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