Of the opening sentences that were presented here that strongly engages the reader and provides context to them would be the second one which is "We could have had a worse weekend, but it's awfully hard to beat Bigfoot and bugs."
The first and third one were just not good enough because it exposes the rest of the context to the reader and lets them have the idea of what you are talking about which usually leads to the readers not choosing to continue to read, thus taking out the reader's engagement but still provides context. The last one is better than the first and third, but it spilled the beans when it mentioned the particulars as to what made the weekend bad to worse. The answer is just right. It has the impact that would hook the reader to know more about your weekend and why is Bigfoot and bugs together in your statement. The rain wasn't mentioned which would be ideal to make the story telling take a turn to much worse which would spike up the interest of the reader.
Answer:
tapping on the podium with the fist
Explanation:
Body gestures such as "tapping on the podium with the fist" are often used by good speakers to help make their points and to keep the audience engaged.
This is because "tapping on the podium with the fist" gives a sound like exclamation that drives home a point that tends to show the power and confidence on the part of the speaker.
Option B: rapidly tapping one foot on the floor: shows impatience or releasing of tension. Hence, this is not correct.
Option C. making a hand movement for the listener to come towards the speaker: is a means of asking someone to come forward only, not necessarily to express or give credence to a point. Hence, this is not correct as well.
“have” should be replaced with “has”.
C. helps to emphasize important points
I would go with the first the 3. Placing the telescope on the tripod. was chosen by the astronomy club
