Which of the following passages from "The Open
Window" helps to advance
the theme that new
interactions between
strangers can be
uncomfortable?
A. To Framton it was all purely horrible.
B. I know how it will be," his sister had
said when he was preparing to migrate to
this rural retreat.
C. Some of them, as far as I can
remember, were quite nice.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim