Find the option below that includes a
phrasal compound.

a. emily dickinson was a female poet.
b. emily dickinson was a 19th-century american poet.
c. emily dickinson was an interesting poet.
d. emily dickinson was a great poet.

alright, so here, the author clearly thinks that flooding the canyon was a bad idea and is showing bias against it.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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