Click to read the passage from The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Then answer the question.
Which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the tension?
A. Gregor was shut out from his mother, who, because of him, might
be near to death.
B. "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
C. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.
D. saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper

Read this excerpt from the declaration of independence

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Which passage from kennedy's inaugural address is an example of an allusion? to our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge-to convert our good words into good deeds-ir new alliance for progress but this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejpicing in hope patent in tribulation it a free society cannot the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich