In a paragraph of at least three sentences, explain the mood of this excerpt from little brother. provide details from the text to support your answer we felt it first, that sickening lurch of the cement under your feet that every californian knows instinctively—*earthquake*. my first inclination, as always, was to get away: "when in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." but the fact was, we were already in the safest place we could be, not in a building that could fall in on us, not out toward the middle of the road where bits of falling cornice could brain us. earthquakes are eerily quiet—at first, anyway—but this wasn't quiet. this was loud, an incredible roaring sound that was louder than anything i'd ever heard before. the sound was so punishing it drove me to my knees, and i wasn't the only one. darryl shook my arm and pointed over the buildings and we saw it then: a huge black cloud rising from the northeast, from the direction of the bay. (10 points)

some of beowulf's most important traits as an epic hero include bravery, loyalty, honor, superhuman physical strength, and the willingness to risk his life for the greater good. these characteristics are exemplified in beowulf's epic deeds, including slaying grendel and grendel's mother.

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i read about it

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.