Which excerpt from dispatches contains sensory language to describe the geography of vietnam?
a)there would be the muted rush of illumination rounds, fired from 60-mm. mortars inside the wire, dropping magnesium-brilliant above the nva trenches for a few seconds, outlining the gaunt, flat spread of the mahogany trees, giving the landscape a ghastly clarity and dying out.

b)it was awesome, worse than anything the lord had ever put down on egypt, and at night, you’d hear the marines talking, watching it, yelling, “get some! ” until they grew quiet and someone would say, “spooky understands.” the nights were very beautiful.

c)once in a while—i guess i saw it happen three or four times in all—there would be a secondary explosion, a direct hit on a supply of nva ammunition. and at night it was beautiful. even the incoming was beautiful at night, beautiful and deeply dreadful.

d)nights were when the air and artillery strikes were heaviest because that was when we knew that the nva was above ground and moving. at night you could lie out on some sandbags and watch the c-47’s mounted with vulcans doing their work.

If i have enough money, buy a car. a, will b, shall

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.

What details from a story best develop the theme? readers' prior knowledge the author's motivations for writing descriptions of time and place character motivation and plot