Which sentence shows detail that is interesting, adds color, and supports the topic of a personal narrative about packing to travel through europe over the summer?
a. down the long, dark stone hallway i walk, studying the etched, weathered stones beneath my feet, wondering about the reclusive monks who had built this so many years ago.
b. the scuffed leather boots seemed to tell their own story, with their softly fraying shoelaces and rounded, smooth heels.
c. i rolled up one more faded t-shirt and stuffed it into the corner of my bulging green knapsack, and i wondered anxiously if i had forgotten anything important.
d. i hear my phone's distinctive tones as emma texts me once again with the urgent message, “call me—have to talk to you stat.”

In twelve years a slave, when the passengers on the ship learn robert has smallpox, what is their reaction? “panic-stricken” “indifferent” “relieved” “oppressed”

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

This excerpt is repeated several times. what effect does this repetition have on the epic