Which of the following might you consider when thinking about the element of time in literature?
A. The progression of time in the story
B. The historical period in which the story is told
C. The date of the text's publication
D. The order in which the events in the story unfold
E. All of the above

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?