Question

Reread the beginning of "The Offering" and recall how the story ends.

By the time the wolf reaches her she has already eaten the other children. It studies her,
blood still dribbling from her chin, and believing her more beast than child, it slinks off to
the next town. But the children are still in her, as she knew they would be, and after some
reassurance that she's a safe vessel, they start to come out again.
Which set of words from this passage work best to establish the story's conflict?
time, children, knew, town
O dribbling, beast, reassurance, safe
wolf, chin, some, start
O already, still. after, again

Answer 1

The set of words that works best to establish the story's conflict in the given passage is "already, still, after, again".In the passage, it is mentioned that by the time the wolf reaches her, she has already eaten the other children. But the children are still in her, as she knew they would be, and after some reassurance that she's a safe vessel, they start to come out again.This implies that the protagonist has already eaten the other children and now the children are still in her which creates a conflict in the story as it raises the question of how to get the children out of her.The words "already, still, after, again" highlight this conflict of the story and, therefore, work best to establish it.

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Answer 2

2. dribbling beast reassurance safe

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