Which best states how the excerpt keeps readers interested in the story?
It creates suspense.
O It explains a past event.
It describes a conflict.
It quickens the story's pace.
Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.
A bird! He sat up and shook his friend. "Goemon-
chan!" he said. "A bird!"
Goemon opened one eye. "It's a bird, that is true"
Goemon closed his eyes again. "Ahodori-fool bird ..."
"But, Goemon-chan!" Manjiro shook him again.
"Doesn't a bird mean there could be land nearby?"
"Yes," Goemon sighed. Suddenly his head popped up.
"Did you say land?"
The two boys shook the others, and they all stared
over the side of the boat at a small, dark line on the
horizon. As the boat drifted toward it, the dark line
grew into a tall, looming shape: an island.

How can the passage best be revised to eliminate logical fallacies and improve clarity

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

Which of the following sentences refers to a conflict between characters in "two kinds"?