Read the following prompt and type your response in the space provided. (*?* means italics)

Read the passage from "A Cub Pilot":

I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.
"Quarter twain! Quarter twain! *Mark* twain!"
We were *drawing* nine! My hands were in a nerveless flutter. I could not ring a bell intelligibly with them. I flew to the speaking-tube and shouted to the engineer,
"Oh, Ben, if you love me, back her! Quick, Ben! Oh, back the immortal soul out of her!"
I heard the door close gently. I looked around, and there stood Mr. Bixby, smiling a bland, sweet smile. Then the audience on the hurricane-deck sent up a thundergust of humiliating laughter. I saw it all now, and felt meaner than the meanest man in human history. I laid in the lead, set the boat in her marks, came ahead on the engines, and said,
"It was a fine trick to play on an orph*n, *wasn't* it? I suppose I'll never hear the last of how I was st*pid enough to heave the lead at the head of 66."
"Well, no, you won't, maybe. In fact, I hope you won't; for I want you to learn something by that experience. Didn't you know there was no bottom in that crossing?"
"Yes, sir, I did."

You will write one well-developed paragraph of at least 7-8 sentences.

In your paragraph, identify one major idea in the memoir "A Cub Pilot." Then identify one sentence in the passage that directly develops or refines that main idea. Explain how that sentence develops the main idea you identified.

Make sure you are using specific evidence from the "A Cub Pilot" to support your ideas.

Please and thankyou for those who help!! I'm not the best with this kinda stuff so I really appreciate it! Also, what is written above, is word-for-word what my teacher asks of me, so this is all the info I have to go with the question. Thankyou again! <3