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nell is writing a short story. read the following excerpt. keisha’s heart raced as she waited for her turn to go onstage. she had practiced her dance routine hundreds of times, but she was terrified that she would slip and fall in front of the large audience, which included her dance teacher and her whole extended family. finally keisha took a deep breath and trotted to center stage behind the curtain, striking a fierce pose. which addition to the story would add an element of dramatic irony?

a. keisha’s performance went off without a snag. afterward, even her twin brother colin congratulated her: “you didn’t even slip and fall down! ” he joked.

b. keisha danced flawlessly and finished with a grin. as she took her bows, she slipped and landed hard on her tailbone—she hadn’t practiced that part.

c. as the music began, keisha moved gracefully around the stage. she did slip once but recovered with a smile, confident that the audience did not notice.

d. backstage, keisha’s twin brother colin chuckled quietly to himself. above the curtain he had perched a large bucket of water—perfect for dousing his sister and the stage.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.