Which of the following words could be used to replace the italicized word in the sentence from “A Retrieved Reformation” below without changing its meaning? “A guard came to the prison shoe-shop, where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers, and escorted him to the front office.”

thats the word

bitterly

rapidly

sluggishly

diligently

passage?

explanation:

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

you can't answer this. more information is needed.

a. to introduce the audience to important characters .

b. to inform the audience where the story takes place .

e. to lay out specific details about different plot points.