So the paragraph is rambling, it has inconsequential information in it.
For the transition part its sequential.
B. looks for words to catch his or her attention
Answer:
4: Try to say that idea as a theme.
Explanation:
A theme statement may be defined as the statement which explains the theme of the literature or the piece of art or entertainment. It is the main lesson or the main idea that the author wants the reader to learn at the end from the story or the art. It is considered as the main subject of the literature. Therefore the correct order is to try to explain the main idea as the theme.
That would be irony
irony : use of words to express something opposite of the literal meaning.
The sentences that reflect Dexter's heartlessness in this excerpt from F.Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams are:
"It was strange that neither it was over nor a long time afterward did he regret that night."
<span>"Nor id it matter that by his yielding he subjected himself to a deeper agony in the end and gave serious hurt to Irene Scheerer, and to Irene's parents, who had befriended him. Dexter Green is the son of a grocery store in a small town called Black Bear in Minnesota, USA. </span>