Read this excerpt from "How Old Man Winter Was Driven Back." Old Man Winter laughed and shook his hammer in glee, as he drew near. Once, twice, three times, he rapped. The little boy within heard him and rapped three times in reply,—just as Old Man Winter had done. How does this incident propel the action of the story? It leads Old Man Winter to capture the little boy and to force him to be his servant.
It shows the boy's bravery and impresses Old Man Winter, so he gives the boy and his father fire.
It makes Old Man Winter reconsider his behavior, and he brings food to the little boy and his father.
It causes Old Man Winter to become angry and the little boy and his father grow colder.

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.