More information please? What story?
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When Beowulf dies, his followers show up. Wiglaf criticizes them for their cowardice in leaving their king to fight the dragon by himself. Wiglaf tells them that they will not have the treasure, because they have disgraced themselves. They end up building Beowulf his funeral pyre and burying the dragon's hoard with his ashes.
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B
Explanation:
'Unfolding a line of thought, step-by-step, to try to convince the
reader of something'
this one makes the most sense and is what i believe the answer your looking for, taking it step-by-step and unfolding a line of thought is how you develop an argument so i am convinced this is the right answer.
The correct answer is the second option - <span>to occur unexpectedly and have destructive or harmful effects.
</span>Here, the word struck is just a past form of the verb to strike, meaning to happen unexpectedly and have dire consequences, like an earthquake can hit California, in this case. The final definition is a noun, and does not fit in the context of the original sentence.