What is a common way that an artifact is used at the beginning of a story?

The second option is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Providing details about the external conflict of the story makes the story more adventurous, mysterious and young readers and early adventure book reading starters would love to read it. Example, Sherlock Holmes.

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answer: idk

explanation:

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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