As part of your reading journey, you are tasked to select at least two news article, blogs or journal article about the importance of reading in your field of
interest or specialization. Cut out and paste or write the news article, blog
, or
journal article in the box provided then show understanding of their content by
making a summary. Thus, you are to create academic text summaries that are
organized, accurate and concise.

i think its c. sorry if im wrong

the answer is chance

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

the author develops a cold, and scared tone. making the reader shudder with fear, and suddenly become cold. i'm guessing that he's writing a scary novel, or maybe about a chilly december night.