Answer:
The answer is also.
Explanation:
It connects both sentences.
Exposition is setting the back round of a story before the story starts.
Based on the dictionary definitions of "conduce," the most precise definition for ‘conducing’ as it is used in paragraph 2 is:
C. Definition 2 (to contribute).
It is true that putting thoughts into words requires a knowledge of a language's structure and vocabulary.
Not so much of its structure, but you definitely need to know a few words if you want to get your thoughts across.
If you look at the excerpt you've been given, he spends the majority of it discussing how he "heard the voice of Merlin from a surprising source." Continuing to read, you see that he heard this through the hooting of the owl outside his window. Using this when we read the question, we can use process of elimination to determine what the best answer is. Each of these answers rings true, but if we use our textual evidence--his discussion of the owl-- we see that the second answer--His inspiration was the owl outside his window--is the best answer for this question. While the other three answers do apply, they are not the best answer since we cannot know how hard he struggled or how long he struggled.
