It is most likely B. An intransitive verb doesn't have an object, the action verb(cheered) is in front as well.
"There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by a stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle". What is the narrator trying to convey by putting "and with sadness I have watched it in others" in parenthesis?
A.The narrator is admitting that he can recognize "cruelty" because he was "mean" himself
B. The narrator is erasing some of his own guilt by stating that others possess "cruelty" too
C. The narrator is indicating that he feels victimized by "cruelty."
D.The narrator is hoping that no one will remember his "cruelty" toward Doodle
Answer:
B. The narrator is erasing some of his own guilt by stating that others possess "cruelty" too
Explanation:
The narrator is trying to ease se of his own guilt by putting "and with sadness I have watched it in others" in parenthesis.
According to the excerpt, the narrator talks about feeling cruelty and also noting with sadness that it was in others too.
Ingrid was working on a family tree for a school project and needed to obtain "birth" records from her grandparents, since these record always have the most crucial information, such as full names and birthdates that are used for family trees.
Answer: E. Young people need to put away their phones and choose to participate in other activities that keep them away from technology.
Explanation:
The above as a thesis statement is effective because the rest of the article explains why it is important for young people to put down their phones and engage in other activities that will reduce the harmful effects of technology on them.
Putting it as the thesis statement would therefore ensure that when a person reads it, they are introduced to the claims made in the passage because they will know the direction the passage is going towards.