Read this sentence. “Our band, Super sound, took first place in the talent show, a magician, second place, to no one's surprise.”
Why would this be classified as an elliptical sentence?
A. The first part of the sentence offers more details than the second part.
В.
The idea of "surprise" appears in only the second part of the sentence.
С.
The verb in the second part is omitted but is understood to be there.
D
The subject is renamed with an appositive only in the first part.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance