Clustering is an important prewriting technique much like brainstorming and allows the writer to: (D) generate ideas and see connections between them. The trick is to write down whatever words related to a specific word or phrase comes to a writer's head. It is then key to draw associations between words to determine topic of an essay.
Fleeing, pursuit, extermination
steep, rifle, marvelled
Large is an Adjective
Fish is a Noun
Swim is a Verb
Swiftly is an Adverb
In is a preposition
The is a determiner
Sea is a noun.
I hope this helps since you didn't say which word is italicized.
Answer:
b
Explanation:
This excerpt doesn't give much detail but I'm pretty sure this is Polyphemus speaking. He is a cyclops, and son of Poseidon. When Odysseus and his men were trapped in a cave with the giant man-eating cyclops, they plotted to blind him and escape. So Odysseus got Polyphemus drunk on some kind of wine and waited for him to pass out. Then they got a huge stick or branch, sharpened the end and plunged it into the giant's eye. One can easily surmise that Polyphemus would seek revenge for this, so answer B is definite. Answer A might be an additional factor, as Polyphemus does refer to him in this passage as "raider of cities"--indicating perhaps some disapproval--but the damage to his (only!) eye would be the most important issue, since that is personal.
