Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu. Which phrase best completes the writer's explanation?
In the novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, the narrator expects that the future will be more advanced, but he
Instead encounters simple creatures: "As they made no effort to communicate with me, but simply stood round me
smiling and speaking in soft coolng notes to each other." However, I would propose that perhaps the creatures
communication was more advanced. Perhaps they
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Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.