Answer:
D. agitation
Explanation:
This is the line from Edgar Alan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". Full sentence goes like this:
"In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence - an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy - an excessive nervous agitation".
Looking at the line, we see that the synonim for trepidancy is agitation, an anxious feeliing of restlessness and excitement.
This is basically telling you to read the passage and filling the blanks with words you see in the passage hope this helps
The Full question reads;
Which piece of evidence best reveals how Elijah’s words contribute to Joe’s death?
A. “Looka theah, folkses!” cried Elijah Mosley, slapping his leg gleefully. “Theah they go, big as life an’ brassy as tacks.” (Paragraph 2)
B. “He rides that log down at the saw-mill jus’ like he struts ‘round wid another man’s wife — jus’ don’t give a kitty.” (Paragraph 5)
C. “Talkin’ like a man, Joe. Course that’s yo’ fambly affairs, but Ah like to see grit in anybody.” (Paragraph 16)
D. “Aw, Ah doan’t know. You never kin tell. He might turn him up an’ spank him furgettin’ in the way, but Spunk wouldn’t shoot no unarmed man.” (Paragraph 22)
Answer:
<u>D. “Aw, Ah doan’t know. You never kin tell. He might turn him up an’ spank him furgettin’ in the way, but Spunk wouldn’t shoot no unarmed man.” (Paragraph 22)</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the short story entitled "SPUNK" by Ora Neale HURSTON which focuses mainly on three characters, namely Joe, Joe's wife, and Spunk. A beef is created when Spunk had an affair with Joe's wife, feeling bad Joe tries to confront's Spunk in which Elijah’s words led to his death.