Six benches were left empty in every ship
that evening when we pulled away from death.
and this new grief we bore with us to sea:
our precious lives we had, but not our friends.
–the odyssey,
homer
which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage?
a.) six men from every ship were killed, leaving six empty benches.
b.) we escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.
c.) there was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore.
d.) we had the additional burden of our grief when we sailed away.

B.) We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.  

Explanation:

Their friends were killed  (precious lives we had, but not our friends)

and they left without them (that evening when we pulled away from death)

They were sad (And this new grief we bore with us to sea)

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."

the correct answer is dilapidated.

hope this (: