Read the excerpt from "a century ride.” lizzie dunlop patted the small lady’s shoulder soothingly. "there, there, little iceberg,” she said, "let it all be buried! it’s forgotten. you shall never be worried about it again. you are here to enjoy every moment of your holiday, and to tell me the news of civilization, and to take rides across the prairie. what a blessing we have a decent road for the velocipede—i beg pardon—bicycle! you must have lots of grit to mount that scary machine; and—oh! maude! how can you want to be a surgeon? i should die if i saw a man cut up and mangled; but you are a marvel! ” which phrase from the excerpt is most like the modern language used in writing? a there, there little iceberg b you are here to enjoy every moment c you must have lots of grit d i should die if i saw a man cut up

A There, there little iceberg

I believe that the best answer choice from the list, to answer the question: Which phrase from the excerpt is most likely the modern language used in writing, would be, A: There, there little iceberg.

Explanation:

I believe the reason is that the language used here is completely based on imagery and the expression used by Ms. Dunlop to refer to the lady. Instead of directly saying that she is small, or that she might be old, she uses a metaphor "little iceberg", which has implications on the almost condescending way that the woman refers to the small lady. Its as if she were talking to a child, or someone old and frail, who needed to be treated thus to make her feel safe and better. These terms, this way of talking, is most commonly used in modern language, rather than in older languages, and older ways of expression.

which speech are you talking about?

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.