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.
Answer:
Commas! They are used to separate ideas from each other, or be used in place of "and".
Answer:
D "‘We were all so happy to start school
Explanation:
This question is about the article "Our World Turned to Water" that tells the experience of a community in Louisiana that was surprised by a violent flood that had not been predicted. The people in this community had started their days in a normal way, we can even see that the students were happy to start another day of school, without imagining the disaster that was about to happen.
