Read the sentence below about the Chicago fire of 1871. Which revision is the best example of adding concrete detail? Many people tried very hard to save the building of the Chicago Tribune. O Many people tried very hard for a very long time to save the Chicago Tribune building during the fire O In an attempt to save the Chicago Tribune building, men stayed on the roof for as long as possible during the fire. In an attempt to save the Chicago Tribune building, men stayed on the roof for as long as possible during the fire, keeping it wet and stamping out cinders O Many people kept the roof of the building wet and stamped out cinders, trying to stop it from being enveloped in flames as the fire spread very quickly. Save and Exit Next Submit Mark this and retum OBIL hp

C. is the correct answer

“in an attempt to save the Chicago Tribune building, men stayed in the roof for as long as possible during the fire, keeping it wet and stamping out cinders.”

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the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.