The primary weakness of this passage is:
- D, The passage fails to make a debatable claim
<h3>What is a Debatable Claim?</h3>
A debatable claim is a thought or primary message that is arguable. A debatable claim has strong language that shows the certainty of the speaker.
The claim made in the above text is weak because it gives no room for strong academic debate.
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Answer:
It is a stormy night. There is a chess game going on and this in itself can be suspenseful or apprehensive. Read the portion that describes the place and home that they live in. The author sets the scene and the atmosphere around the characters.
Explanation:
This story was written in the early twentieth century and it reads like a Victorian story. There is old fashioned language used and at that time the amount of money they are talking about - was a lot of money. Just reading the portions to set the scene give you a ghost story like presence. Remember too, that the use of a mystical object (supernatural sense) makes you get goosebumps.
Sprang is to leave something/someone with a quick movement and strand is to leave Some one/something with out leaving your desired spot like if you were to break up with someone you left them by their self "stranded"
