The second sentence's style is appropriate for a job application.
Answer:
The predicate nominative in the sentence provided is: My favorite place or favorite place
Explanation:
Predicate nominatives renames the subject, much like how in the sentence you are renaming your 'local video store' as your 'favorite place'
"The local video store is my favorite place"
The local video store = my favorite place
Another example would be:
"She was a monster"
By renaming 'she" as a 'monster'
She = Monster
The rhetorical device used by Twain in this excerpt is the anecdote (C.).
<u>An anecdote is defined as an entertaining narrative, usually relating biographical events</u>.
This definition fits to the text because the story is an account of events which happened to the character in the past ("One winter's night, two years ago, I...") and the narrative is comical enough to be considered for entertainement value ("I was carrying off a box of guns ... and he had got my corpse!").
Answer:
B. McCunn was unprepared for his trip while also confident that everything would work out fine. These mistakes were his undoing.
Explanation:
The story of Carl McCunn is that of an American photographer who became stranded in an Alaskan wilderness where he had gone to take pictures of wildlife for several months. McCunn failed to make appropriate provisions that would ensure his safe return from the wilderness and this mistake of his eventually made him take his life when he had no more provisions left and no hope of return from the wilderness. His mistakes included;
1. Not making proper arrangements with a pilot that would pick him when he was done with his adventure.
2. Throwing away supplies of shotgun shells that would have sustained him when there was no more food.
3. Not properly informing friends and family of the right steps to take when he was not seen after a specified time.
All of the above mistakes resulted in the failure of McCunn's adventure and the consequent death by taking his life.
