Anovel’s theme is best defined as a. the event that takes place in the story. b. the two opposing forces within the text. c. the message a text conveys about a topic. d. the person who drives the action.

What makes the following sentence unclear? i had hoped to finish the race and win a medal, but i didn’t. a) nothing. the sentence contains no errors. b) there is no independent clause so the sentence is incomplete. c) it’s a simple sentence and doesn’t need a comma. d) there are two possible meanings to the sentence.