Read these sentences from Julio’s story:

Jeff didn’t know what to do. He watched the water come out of the faucet, fill the sink, and fall onto the floor. This was not good.

How could Julio rewrite the sentences to describe what happened more precisely?

A.
Jeff was lost. The water came out of the faucet, filled the sink, and washed onto the floor. What a catastrophe!
B.
Jeff stood helpless, staring as the water poured out of the faucet, overflowed the sink, and flooded the carpet. What a disaster!
C.
Jeff froze in ignorance. He watched the liquid fall out of the faucet, flood the sink, and be absorbed by the carpet. This was quite a mess.
D.
Jeff didn’t know what to do. He gazed at the water as it dripped out of the faucet, filling the sink, and dropped onto the carpet. This was going to be quite a mess.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader