The denotative meaning of fault lines in this excerpt?
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This sentence means a character had decided upon a certain action for a problem in their head. however other characters (the peers in this example) bestowed an act of kindness or "did something nice" for this other characters in hopes that he/she would change their mind. A good example would be if you upset your parent by acting up and they said no to a sleepover. you would do chores or act kindly towards them in order to try to get them to change their mind and say yes.
The letter following the quotation needs to be capital. This is because what the person said is also a sentence.
Example: As Mark was walking he said, "This is a beautiful day!"
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Can you give more information?
Destroy: annihilate would be the correct answer