Dom threw down the folder and stood up. this was the third
time in the past month that william had turned in subpar
work. why do i keep letting him get away with this? dom
asked himself. dom knew it was time to put his foot down,
but he'd always had trouble with face-to-face conflict. dom
took a deep breath and walked over to william's desk.
"can i speak with you, william? " dom asked, trying to keep
his voice firm
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william spun around in his chair and put his hand over the
receiver of the phone he was holding. "yeah, give me a sec."
he took his hand off the receiver and said back into the
phone, "hey man, i gotta go. the boss man needs me for
something important, i'm sure."
dom clenched and unclenched his hands in an attempt to
keep calm as william followed him to his office.
which statement best describes the external conflict in this passage?
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a. dom is upset with himself for letting william turn in subpar
work.
b. dom worries that william is trying to get him fired.
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c. dom is afraid to face william and tell him he is unhappy with his
work.
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d. dom is angry with william and his poor performance at work.

I would say D

Explanation:

He is not mad at himself, or afraid to face him, plus he never said anything about worrying for williams job. He wants to confront him face on and tell him of the poor job he is doing

D) Dom is angry with William and his poor performance at work.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). From the given options, the statement that best describes the external conflict in the passage, is the corresponding to option D, it is a character vs. character conflict between Dom an William.

d is the best answer for this question.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.