D. Is correct. The thesis statement is what your entire essay/paper will be about!
Answer:
Part A
How does the author provide readers with important information about Aunt Gertrude in the passage's exposition?
The author includes a flashback that details the narrator's interactions with and views on his aunt.
The author has the narrator's uncle read aloud a letter written by Aunt Gertrude.
The author includes dialogue in which characters talk about Aunt Gertrude's traits.
The author foreshadows the ending by mentioning Aunt Gertrude's well-known generosity.
Question 2
Part B
Which sentence from the exposition best illustrates the function of this part of the story as identified in Part A?
“This was not the time to press Aunt Gertrude for details, and just a few minutes later, she died peacefully.”
"I had seen Aunt Gertrude more in the past two years than I had ever before in my life, and she could be terrifying, often wearing a mean scowl on her deeply lined face."
“I’ll never forget the last moments before she died.”
“Although I never felt particularly close to Aunt Gertrude, it was comforting to know she was close by in her last years.”
Sorry I could not attach the story myself but here this the name of it
Secret in Slovakia
A words connotation is complied of the use of the word and its definition. The correct answer here is C. Dust.
Dust is dirty and most oftentimes a nuisance, this gives it the strongest negativity of the word provided. The action of eating is a neutrally connotated word, as it is a regular habit needed for survival. Hands are neutral as there are seemingly just a part of the body. Lastly, sweets are seen as delicious and pleasurable, which gives it a positive connotation. So, the only negative word here is dust.
I hope this helps :)
Man vs man because he is trapped its just him and his self to try to figure a way out
