Question

Read the excerpt from “The Monkey's Paw.” Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. Which words in the excerpt hint at what might happen later in the story? “the fire burned brightly” “ideas about the game” “sharp and unnecessary perils” “knitting placidly by the fire”

Answer 1

Answer:

"Sharp and unnecessary perils"

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The sentence that gives us a hint of what is going to happen later is sharp and unnecessary perils.

What does sharp and unnecessary perils mean?

These are words that tells us that the King went through some turbulence. From these choice of words we can tell that there would be trouble.

The man that was at chess with his put the king in a situation that it should not have.

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