Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) was the author of more than 100 books for boys in the second half of the nineteenth century that focused on the theme of success coming to those who work hard to achieve it . The son of a minister, Alger came from a prominent Massachusetts family. He graduated with honors from Harvard in 1852 and graduated from the Cambridge Divinity School eight years later. He served as a minister for a short time before moving to New York City in 1866 to devote his time to writing inspirational books for boys. In many of his books, he wrote about the poor and homeless children of the slums of New York City, seeing them as unfortunate pawns of society who, if only given the opportunity , could improve their lot. A general plotline that he followed often was of a poor boy who managed to achieve a respectable and successful life by working hard and taking advantage of opportunities presented. Though his writing style was characterized by simplicity and repetition, it was well received by his target audience; his books were enormously popular , selling millions of copies well into the first few decades of the twentieth century. 14. The word "that" in paragraph 1 refers to A author B books C boys D half 17. The word "who" in paragraph 2 refers to A slums B society C pawns D opportunity 15. The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to A the second half B the nineteenth century C 100 D success 18. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to A style B simplicity C repetition D audience 16. The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to A books B children O slums D pawns
The task in the given question is to find the antecedents of certain pronouns. Pronouns are words we use instead of nouns and noun phrases. The noun or noun phrase instead of which we use a certain pronoun is called the pronoun's antecedent. For example:
John saw Alex yesterday and greeted him. - the pronoun him replaces the word Alex. Alex is the antecedent of him.
