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What is the best reason to use a complete sentence to introduce a direct quote?

A) to indicate that the direct quote is needed as part of your argument
B) to set text apart from other parts of an essay as a block quotation
C) to provide some background information about the quote or speaker
D) to prove to readers that you understand what the direct quote means

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Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?

The interaction between joanna and triburcio can best be described as a) heated b) apathetic c) despondent d) hopeful