Allen could feel the sweat pouring off his body as he glanced at the clock. the noise in the gym was deafening and it felt as if he was dribbling in slow motion. but he knew he had to make the shot. at the buzzer, he jumped up and released the ball from his fingertips, and the crowd held its breath as they watched it spin around and around the rim. finally the ball dropped through the net and the stallion fans cheered wildly.
which provides the best conclusion to this narrative paragraph?
a) he had won the game for his team.
b) the opposing team was disappointed.
c) the next game would be even tougher.
d) basketball is allen's favorite sport.

One way that the novel differs from earlier literary works is that novelists often leave out many details associated with the setting novels only portray positive aspects of heroes and other important figures characters' personalities in novels are only revealed through dialogue readers are often able to relate better to the characters in novels

What does the simile add to the passage

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return