Excerpt from First Time Voter
Rebecca Sparling

Statement from the passage (paragraph 2):
Immediately after I turned eighteen, my parents encouraged me to register to vote.

Revised statement from the passage:
Immediately after I turned eighteen, my parents forced me to register to vote.
What effect does word choice have on the revised statement?

A) It is less personal.
B) It is more negative.
C) It is less informative.
D) It is more interesting.

What type of external conflict occurs in the excerpt from “stephen crane’s own story”? it was now that the first mate showed a sign of losing his grip. to us who were trying in all stages of competence and experience to launch the lifeboat he raged in all terms of fiery satire and hammerlike abuse. but the boat moved at last and swung down toward the water. a. person versus person b. person versus nature c. person versus society d. person versus self i think its either b or d.