I sigh in defeat as I try to twist the door handle one more time in vain.
“This really sucks.” I think as my stomach starts to growl. Looking up at the class clock I notice it is already 6:30. Way past the time I would have gotten home from the bus.
“Well. I might as well get comfy.” I say out loud to myself in the empty class room. Sitting on the teachers desk I start to wonder.. What if Ms. Will has snacks in here drawers? As I am looking to see, I hear the doorknob rattle, then open. I look up to see a police officer and my mom with tears in her eyes. She always was the one for the water works.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
A fused sentence is a run-on sentence in which two independent clauses run together with no proper punctuation mark like a period or semi-colon, or conjunction like <em>and </em>or <em>but </em>between them. In sentence number B, there is no punctuation mark or conjunction; hence, it is a fused sentence.
Answer:
The literary element that enhances the setting in the excerpt is option A. simile.
Explanation:
Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things of different kinds. It is used to make a more vivid description and give the reader a clearer picture of what the writer wants to transmit. An example in this excerpt: "the foam was like tumbling snow."