Answer:
A. A sudden stabbing pain in my head made me wince.
Explanation:
<span>The question is asking us to re-write the sentence "Mustafa is an excellent long-distance runner, and the race was won by him last weekend. " The options are the following: 1) Mustafa is an excellent long-distance runner, and the race had been won by him last weekend. - there is no need for the past perfect, as the first sentence is in a present tense 2) Mustafa is an excellent long-distance runner, and he won the race last weekend. - this is the best option, there is no problem with it; 3)Mustafa is an excellent long-distance runner, and he win the race last weekend. i - this is grammatically wrong as we need a past tense in the last part; 4) Mustafa is an excellent long-distance runner, and the race was win by him last weekend - this is also wrong as you would have to say "was won"</span>
The use of alternative past and satirical language brings out the narrator’s and the people’s understandings of Scoresby’s wartime blunders create humor and contribute to the narrator’s point of view
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the short story "Luck", Twain is able to illustrate the inner feelings of an ordinary person after his success. The use of alternative past and satirical language brings out the narrator’s and the people’s understandings of Scoresby’s wartime blunders create humor and contribute to the narrator’s point of view.
He explains to his readers using humor and satire to state that it is not right to praise people who has gained success through luck because even in the story, the clergyman states that it was Scoresby's luck as he was basically a fool.
