Read the sentence.

(on april 12, 1961,) yuri gagarin became the first person to orbit earth.

how does the parentheses phrase function in the sentence?

adjective prepositional phrase
appositive with nonessential information
adverb prepositional phrase
appositive with essential information

to leave the reader thinking and wandering on their own. without a resolution we are clueless to what happens next, and why it does. it may even cause suspension with the reader.

explanation:

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."