The part of this excerpt from Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" describe the narrator's opinion of the sea as a hostile entity is "that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective".
B) I think sorry if wrong I tried
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Answer:
The sentence is incorrect. The "peek" used is wrong, it should be <em>peak</em>.
Explanation:
We made it to the peak of Mt.Tamalpais!
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The rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is shift.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Shift is one of the most commonly used rhetorical techniques. In this kind of rhetorical technique, the author of the passage changes the tone or the tone of the writing of the passage within a piece. This kind of rhetorical device is used when there has to be shift in the focus of the theme of the passage or there is change in the language according to the change in the scene.
In this passage also the author makes use of this rhetorical device while talking about the different scenes and events.