Answer:
B. In the absence of surprise, a witty remark loses much of its humorous effect.
Explanation:
Answer B
Correct. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that “merriment” (amusement) can be produced only by “a sudden impression,” that is, a surprise. In the second sentence of the paragraph, the author advances that claim by using the clause “which is expected” to assert that jests (witty remarks) lacking such an element of surprise (because the audience is expecting them) lose much of their humor and are thus effectively “already destroyed.”
I believe the genre is Action and Adventure
The sub genre is Westerns
Answer:
The best option is letter B. The theme is about what readers learn
Explanation: its B
A noun phrase consists of words that function as a noun. The sentence that uses a noun phrase as the object of a preposition is: Johnny will take them all to the south flea market. The correct answer would be option A. The preposition in this sentence is "to" and the object of the preposition is "south flea market" and this is an example of a noun phrase.