Select the correct answer. Which statement describes one way an author might develop theme in a work of fiction?
A. They introduce events throughout the story.
B. They use the rise in action to hint at what lessons might be learned.
C.
Authors provide details that reveal how characters learn and change during a story.
D.
Authors explicitly state what they want readers to learn from the characters.
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Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?