He was saying that despite being a famous Army Officer, General Corrigan was a man who never forgot where he came or the people he grew up with. Despite his honors and rank, he was still same kid the narrator knew from many years ago. That fact that he greeted him with such enthusiasm tells a lot about the man behind the rank.
In the short story "The Lottery," the lottery is drawn from a black box.
They used many boxes prior to the lottery in the story, but they were shabby and got destroyed, so they got a new box which was black of color.
Arcetype means 'an original being copied'
Odysseus is considered an archetype because his adventures and qualities set a pattern for future generations.
"We hid Lola's birthday present under the bed" is a <u>prepositional phrase</u>, it modifies a noun or a verb in the sentence with a preposition. In this case the phrase is an adverbial phrase because the preposition "under" is modifying the verb "Hid". If you ask Where the present was hidden? Was hidden <u>under </u> the bed.
"The runner leading the pack is our friend Kirsten" is a noun phrase, this phrase has a Noun, which is "Kirsten" but we can only identified who is Kirsten because of the rest of the prhase. Our friend kirsten <u>is the runner leading the pack. </u>
"The construction workers are building a new house" is a verb phrase, it is composed of the verb to be + ing form (are + building), and gives the idea of continuity. Because of the verbal structure used, is posible to identify that the workers are doing something in a cotinous way instead of a finished action or a reported action, for example.
I believe the answer is D