Select the correct answers. According to an online dictionary, the word cryptic means “having a meaning that is mysterious or unclear.” Which two of the following sentences use the word correctly?
1. Cryptic symbols appeared on the cave walls.
2. The professor left a cryptic note on her desk.
3. There was no place to sit because the train was cryptic.
4. Mrs. Belluci just adopted a cryptic new puppy.

this is more of an opinionated response

explanation:

answer it yourself

every person should make it a priority to serve at least two hours per week.

it's an extremely important civic responsibility that is invaluable to citizens most in need is the correct one

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.