So there I was at the jewelry counter in Ferguson’s department store, surrounded by stroller-driving moms and crying babies. I had to hurry. Maritza’s party was tonight and, more importantly, I was meeting my friends at the movies at 1:00. It would be the only part of the day I would actually get to enjoy, and I was really looking forward to it. Which phrase from the passage most helps to create the mood? The phrase "stroller-driving moms and crying babies" helps create the irritated mood. The phrase "Maritza’s party was tonight" helps create the anticipatory mood. The phrase "I was meeting my friends at the movies" helps create the playful mood. The phrase "was really looking forward to it" helps create the excited mood.

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.

hello, i belive you can. i once answered a question in russian and its still up so i guess you can.

i believe your answer would be d. matt saw the lost cat, and he looked for its owner.