Which story premise most clearly contains a supernatural element? O A. Each event that a strange old man predicts eventually comes to
pass.
O B. Two teens decide to dress up like video game characters for
Halloween.
O C. A cat and a dog form an unlikely friendship as they try to return
home.
O D. King Baldric's knights swear to protect him from his rival, Prince
Aldor.

A

Explanation:

The rest don't seem supernatural right away.

A.

Explanation:

Supernatural elements in stories entail that the story has several strange and unexplainable events. Some examples of this would be undead characters, magic, mythical characters, and many other examples. The idea that an old man could correctly predict future events is unexplainable, and thus, falls under the category of "supernatural".

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.