<u>The quote from the above passage that illustrates Della's optimism is this: 'MY HAIR GROWS SO FAST, JIM. </u>
Explanation:
Optimistic means to be Positive,hopeful and confident.
<u>In order to get a good Christmas gift for her husband (i.e a watch) Della went for a haircut and sold her long hair's to get money. When Della's husband bough </u>her a set of expensive hair combs which she always desired,she said to her husband<u> "My hair grows so fast,Jim! </u>Della is very optimistic that her hair's will grow fast and she will be able to use the combs.
<span>This statement that demonstrates a metaphor</span>
The sentence should be corrected as follows: "The Olimpic athlete raced down the slopes because he hoped to win the gold medal."
The correct options are:
* by changing "though" to "because" since it is proving an explanation to the 1st part of the sentence.
* by changing "hopes" to "hoped" since the 1st part of the sentence is in the past tense.
The incorrect options are:
* by removing "down the slopes" since it adds details about the meaning of the sentence.
* by replacing "he" with "the athlete" since the latter is already mentioned in the sentence and can be replaced by personal pronoun "he".
* by replacing "the gold medal" with "it" since the latter is not mentioned before in the sentence. Therefore, it cannot be replaced by the personal pronoun "it".
Conformity is always bad not good!
