Question

Which story premise most clearly contains a supernatural element?

A. Prince Hayes offends the duke. The duke challenges the prince to

a duel.

B. Dr. Weatherford hopes for some good luck as she gets ready to do

surgery

C. Every time a certain church bell rings, something terrible happens

to Guy

D. Franklin High and Paine High compete to create the scariest

haunted house,

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Answer 1

Option C, where a church bell ringing causes terrible events to happen to Guy, introduces a supernatural element as it suggests a mystical cause-and-effect scenario.

Step-by-step explanation:

The story premise that most clearly contains a supernatural element is C. Every time a certain church bell rings, something terrible happens to Guy. This premise suggests a causal relationship between the ringing of the church bell and the terrible events befalling Guy, which implies a supernatural or mysterious effect beyond the scope of natural or scientific laws. This stands apart from the other options, which are either rooted in real-world conflicts or on natural hopes for good fortune without invoking the supernatural.

Answer 2

C. Every time a certain church bell rings, something terrible happens to Guy

Step-by-step explanation:

In english, we say that an element is supernatural when it cannot be explicable by scientific laws and therefore cannot be proven as real. Examples of supernatural things are: miracles, ghosts, angels, demons, ufos, superstitions.

Looking at the options we have, option C mentions that every time a certain church bell rings, something terrible happens to Guy. We can see that this is an example of superstition since something terrible is related to the fact that the bell rings or not. Thus, this is an example of a supernatural element.

Options A and D don't have supernatural elements (a haunted house is made by people so it's not supernatural). Option B has the luck element but it's just a thought the Dr has and not really a supernatural element.