The hours expanded to much longer than their usual length. I simultaneously could not wait to get tomorrow
over with and did not want it to come at all. Time stood still
as I awaited the inevitable. What will people say when they
find out?
Which attitude does the narrator most likely have?
A. She feels apathetic toward a situation she is not invested in.
B. She feels sad that she has disappointed others who count on her.
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C. She feels smug that she has caused trouble for everyone.
O
D. She feels dread toward the consequences she knows are coming.

go to the home screen and it says what do you need to know? then type the

the answer is b. i read this story before.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.

the question is the text structure of this passage is. a. chronological order. b. problem and solution. c. cause and effect. d. compare and contrast.