Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
The statement that best explains the conflict revealed in the passage is C. The conflict is external and takes place between the narrator and her mother over whether the narrator will learn to play the piano.
<h3>What is Conflict?</h3>
This refers to the disagreement between two or more entities where there is a constant struggle between them.
Hence, we can see that based on the complete text, there is the use of narration to reveal the external conflict that exists between the narrator and her mother over whether the narrator will learn to play the piano.
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The answer is negative 291
Sometimes? I think because seldom means not regular or not often so I believe it’s sometimes
The word that correctly completes the given sentence above would be driving. The complete sentence is: They will be driving to Chicago next week. The verb takes the -ing form, which is the simple future tense of the verb because the action indicates that it will be done some time in the future and is not yet started.