(2) I recall the occasion of my first appearance. San Francisco knew me then only as a reporter, and I was to
make my bow to San Francisco as a lecturer. I knew that
nothing short of compulsion would get me to the theater. So I
bound myself by a hard-and-fast contract so that I could not
escape. I got to the theater forty-five minutes before the hour
set for the lecture. My knees were shaking so that I didn't
know whether I could stand up. If there is an awful, horrible
malady in the world, it is stage fright-and seasickness. They
are a pair. I had stage fright then for the first and last time. I
was only seasick once, too. It was on a little ship on which
there were two hundred other passengers. Iwas-sick. I
was so sick that there wasn't any left for those other two
hundred passengers
What function does the anecdote at the end of the passage most
clearly serve?
Informational Text: from "Mark Twain's First Appearance," Mark
Twain
Read this passage from "Mark Twain's First Appearance," a speech
by Mark Twain. Then, answer the question(s)
O A. It helps make the point that some life experiences are
painful but only temporary.
B
It offers advice about how to cope when people around you
are suffering
nis Tirst appearance berore an audience or numan beings. By
a direct process of memory I go back forty years, less one
month—for I'm older than I look.
C. It gives a second and more specific instance of the power
of stage fright
OD
It provides information about why stage fright is a common
problem