What is a universal theme? A. repeating elements or recurring structures in a story B. a truth or significant message that crosses all cultures C. the sequence of events which involve the conflict of characters D. descriptive language that helps the reader visualize the conflict

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questions for the below paragraph. "i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i was back in the room of my childhood, with my "