12. which of the following lines from the novel is an example of amplification?

a. "for an hour or more, i remained too stunned to think; and it was not until i began to think, that i began fully to know how wrecked i was, and how the ship in which i had sailed was gone to pieces."
b. "all the truth of my position came flashing on me; and its disappointments, dangers, disgraces, consequences of all kinds. . "
c. "it was wretched weather; stormy and wet, stormy and wet; mud, mud, mud, deep in all the streets."
d. ". . and the wind rushing up the river shook the house that night, like discharges of cannon . ."

Yes or no ? a philanthropist is stingy and greedy.

Kthe pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes. reread the two sentences in paragraph 7. what is the best way to improve these sentences. if there are no problems, choose correct as is.' a) correct as is. b) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom that the winter brings. c) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence meant the happiness that the sunlight brings, and the sorrow of all living things at his death meant the gloom of a northern winter. d) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings. the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes.

Which trait is common to the narrators in these excerpts? a the narrators were born in poverty the narrators were separated from their birth parents c. the narrators grew up to be criminals d the narrators worked hard in lide to improva their ocial status the narrators blamed themselves for their mistortunps