QUICK PLEASEE Brian is writing a narrative about the wood-carving contest
he won over the summer. Which of the following strategies
should Brian use to engage his readers' attention?
A)
Describe the tense moments before the winner is
announced
B)
Explain how amazing he felt when he finally won the
contest
Introduce the contestants, judges, and other
OC)
characters in the story
Unfold the sequence of events leading to the carving
of his wood sculpture
D)

A) Describe the tense moments before the winner is announced

Explanation: To engage your readers, you want to start with a hook, a hook is designed to catch people's attention. You could start off with Answer B, explain how amazing he felt when he finally won the contest, But! Once someone reads that, they are probably going to think to themselves, I know he won, let me do/read something else. NO, I think we need to describe the tense moments before the winner is announced, That will really give the reader something to look forward to figuring out, so they will most likely read the whole passage.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops