The preparation was complete, so I waited. The muscles in my arms still burned from having worked so hard, but now I was finished. The machinery was bolted and secured. The tower was steady and unmoving under the weight of twisted steel and plastic. Looking at it now, it appeared exactly as it was -- something out of a dream.

—The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,
William Kamkwamba

Why is this an effective beginning paragraph?

It grabs the reader’s attention.
It explains who the author is.
It establishes the setting of the memoir.
It tells about the obstacle the author faced.

Explanation: This is an example of a hook. The first sentence especially doesn't give us much context, we don't know who the author is at all, or where it is, we just know it involves a machine. But it leaves the reader wanting more- what kind of preperation? What did they work so hard on?

You could also argue the answer is D, because it does explain this technically is an obstacle, but since it doesn't explain the main characters feelings about it, I'd personally still go with A.

joshlane434 joshlane434 · Answer 2 · 2022-04-04T02:17:26+02:00

The excerpt actually provides a context to the story that: It provides context for the idea that the windmill is a beautiful site against the mountains that will be appreciated by the people of Mawali in addition to the benefits that the energy will provide.

What is context?

Context is known to be parts of an excerpt, paragraph or discourse that actually surround the passage which helps to give more details about what the author is communicating.

We can see that the excerpt reveals that the windmill is a beautiful site as viewed against the mountains and came at a time that it will be appreciated by people of Mawali.

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