"it was a rare weekend passed," wash said, "that one or two didn't get killed by the police . . this is what they'd do to you: they'd call you and make you stick your head in the window [of the police car] . . and then they would roll the window up . . and then they'd hit you on your head . . they'd beat people to death." as a result, he said, parents could scare unruly children into minding them by threatening, "the police gonna get you." if a student compares this excerpt to the cruelty of nazi leaders, which type of connection is made? a.  text to self b. text to person c. text to text  d. text to world

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c.t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.