sand castles\nstarts scooping large amounts from the ground\nround a big space. walking here, digging…

sand castles\nstarts scooping large amounts from the ground\nround a big space. walking here, digging down,\nonce engaged by the details, i usually forgot\nthe next day when my arms and middle would\nning. i forgot about food, and i got sunburned\nsed the ocean only to wash down my\ns always the urgency of a sand castle to finish or\nthe beach: the wind, the encroaching water.\nre sand - castle building its urgency. unlike legos\nnot be put aside and worked on hours later\nesome tide could seep in and destroy even a\nbeach. a more mundane and predictable threat\ntimes i left a structure for only a moment, to rinse\napply sun lotion on my burning neck, and would\nits where a perfect moat and turret had been. most\nying child and an apologetic parent. it didnt matter. i\nild.\nrequires improvisational skill and a negotiation with\nd. in this sense, too, sand castles were a collaboration,\nles out, making fine detail on small structures difficult\nn was to make small details only on large structures.\nthe edge of structures. the solution was to build a\npped around the structure and could hold off the\nstep in the process is important\n3. it explains some ways sand castles may be\nruined then describes the authors measured\nresponse to these situations.\n4. it details a series of challenges the author\nfaces when building sand castles and how the\nchallenges have shaped his techniques.\npart b\nwhich excerpt from paragraph 2 best supports the\ncorrect answer from part a?\n1. \the hostile elements gave sand - castle\nbuilding its urgency.\\n2. \castles could not be put aside and worked on\nhours later without consequence\\n3. \there would be a crying child and an\napologetic parent\\n4. \i did what i had to do: rebuild.\

sand castles\nstarts scooping large amounts from the ground\nround a big space. walking here, digging down,\nonce engaged by the details, i usually forgot\nthe next day when my arms and middle would\nning. i forgot about food, and i got sunburned\nsed the ocean only to wash down my\ns always the urgency of a sand castle to finish or\nthe beach: the wind, the encroaching water.\nre sand - castle building its urgency. unlike legos\nnot be put aside and worked on hours later\nesome tide could seep in and destroy even a\nbeach. a more mundane and predictable threat\ntimes i left a structure for only a moment, to rinse\napply sun lotion on my burning neck, and would\nits where a perfect moat and turret had been. most\nying child and an apologetic parent. it didnt matter. i\nild.\nrequires improvisational skill and a negotiation with\nd. in this sense, too, sand castles were a collaboration,\nles out, making fine detail on small structures difficult\nn was to make small details only on large structures.\nthe edge of structures. the solution was to build a\npped around the structure and could hold off the\nstep in the process is important\n3. it explains some ways sand castles may be\nruined then describes the authors measured\nresponse to these situations.\n4. it details a series of challenges the author\nfaces when building sand castles and how the\nchallenges have shaped his techniques.\npart b\nwhich excerpt from paragraph 2 best supports the\ncorrect answer from part a?\n1. \the hostile elements gave sand - castle\nbuilding its urgency.\\n2. \castles could not be put aside and worked on\nhours later without consequence\\n3. \there would be a crying child and an\napologetic parent\\n4. \i did what i had to do: rebuild.\

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  • Option 1: This excerpt emphasizes the urgency due to hostile elements (like wind, water), which is about the challenges (hostile elements) giving urgency but not about how challenges shaped techniques.
  • Option 2: This is about the consequence of putting castles aside (related to the threat of tide etc., but not about challenges shaping techniques).
  • Option 3: This is about a situation with a child and parent, not about the author's challenges and how they shaped techniques.
  • Option 4: The author had to rebuild, which shows that after facing challenges (like structures being ruined), the author developed a technique (rebuilding). This supports the idea in Part A (option 4) that challenges shaped the author's techniques.

Answer:

  1. "I did what I had to do: rebuild."