This question is missing the excerpt. I've found the complete question online. It is as follows:
Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. Goemon jumped up. "Agreed," he said, jamming his "knife" into his sash and slashing at Manjiro’s "sword." Their imaginary swords clashed and clattered as they lunged or leaped aside to avoid being hit. Which words contribute most to the excerpt’s pace?
A. "imaginary" and "aside"
B. "sash" and "swords"
C. "slashing" and "lunged"
D. "Goeman" and "Manjiro"
Answer:
The words that contribute most to the excerpt's pace are C. "slashing" and "lunged".
Explanation:
<u>When we think of pace, we think of rhythm, of moving fast, slow, with regularity, with cadence, etc. </u>The words an author uses help readers feel the pace of what is being described more intensely. <u>If the characters are acting or moving fast, or if conflicts are developing slowly, the only way for readers to visualize that is through the author's word-choice. In the case of the excerpt we are studying here, we can say the writer establishes a fast pace through the use of the words "slashing" and "lunged". Both words imply rapidity of movement, celerity, quickness and, for that reason, has the readers imagining the scene in a vivid, accelerated manner.</u>
Answer:
I believe the answer is 'yearn'.
Explanation:
The text does not seem to be written in past tense, so I do not see why 'yearned' would make sense in such a sentence. Hope that helps. :)
Answer:
A student sometimes discovers he or she doesn't like their chosen field.
Explanation:
The pronoun-antecedent agreement simply means that the pronoun agrees with the antecedent in number which can either be singular or plural (pronoun) or first person, second person, etc (antecedent).
The sentence that has a problem with the pronoun-antecedent agreement is A student sometimes discovers he or she doesn't like their chosen field because the pronoun does not agree with the antecedent in number.
