“Thinking back later he could never decide whether the hands or Beatty’s reaction to the hands gave him the final push toward murder. The last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears, not touching him.
Beatty grinned his most charming grin. “Well, that’s one way to get an audience. Hold a gun on a man and force him to listen to your speech...Go ahead now, you second-hand litterateur, pull the trigger.’ He took one step toward Montag” (Bradbury).
Which of the following literary terms is the BEST matched with the quote above?
Internal Conflict: Man versus Self
External Conflict: Man versus Society
External Conflict: Man versus Nature
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External Conflict: Man versus Man
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Answer:
D) object of a preposition
Explanation:
"Maria" is functioning as the object of the preposition “to" in this sentence.
In this sentence a noun functions as the object of a preposition by coming after a preposition.
By definition of what an object of a preposition is, it is any noun that comes right after a preposition.