When are the parades this summer?
What is the subject?
A: summer
B: parades
C: this
D: when
Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.
Rosencrantz:My lord, you once did love me.
Hamlet:So I do still, by these pickers and stealers.
Rosencrantz:Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? you do surely bar the door upon your own liberty, if you deny your griefs to your friend.
Hamlet:Sir, I lack advancement.
Rosencrantz:How can that be when you have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark?
Hamlet: Ay, sir, but ‘While the grass grows,’—the proverb is something musty.
Hamlet’s character is complex in the excerpt because
A. his loyalty to his ally endures hardship.
B. his erratic behavior confuses his friend.
C. his desire for revenge defines him.
D. his quest for political power is unwavering.
Hamlet's character in the excerpt is complex because his erratic behavior confuses his friend.
Explanation:In the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet, Hamlet's character is complex because his erratic behavior confuses his friend. Rosencrantz, concerned about Hamlet's state of mind, questions the cause of his distemper. Hamlet responds with a mix of wit, sarcasm, and self-deprecating humor, making it difficult for Rosencrantz to understand Hamlet's true emotions and motivations.
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A theme Shakespeare is communicating in Romeo and Juliet is
A. the power of love to overcome all obstacles.
B. the evil of enmity and revenge .
C. the dangerous nature of herbal remedies.
D. the corruption of power.
Consider the following situation: Ashley works at a restaurant and recently designed an advertising flyer on the office computer. Her supervisor liked the text but told her to add more text features. What does Ashley need to do? A. scan some print photographs B. add more information to the text C. add color and boldface to some of the text D. make the flyer background a very bright color
Answer:
The correct answer is c ADD COLOR AND BOLDFACE SOME OF THE LETTERS.
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Puns were used by Shakespeare to..... ?
Shakespeare used puns to entertain the audience, provide comic relief, reveal character depth, and engage with cultural and societal norms through sophisticated wordplay.
Shakespeare's Use of Puns
Shakespeare used puns to serve various purposes within his plays. Primarily, they were a tool to inject humor and entertain the audience, maintaining their engagement even during the more serious or tragic moments of the plays. Puns often provided a moment of comic relief, lightening the mood and making content more accessible to a wide range of audience members.
Additionally, the witty use of language showcased Shakespeare's linguistic skill and added depth to his characters, as they often revealed intelligence, duality of meanings, and the complexity of themes he explored. Puns also played a role in highlighting societal norms and making critical statements about the world in which he lived. The artful manipulation of words displayed through puns remains one of the reasons why Shakespeare's works are celebrated for their enduring linguistic creativity.
Shakespearean drama, characterized by layers of meaning, and intricate use of rhetoric like alliteration and onomatopoeia, employed puns as more than just humor. They were a sophisticated literary device that engaged the audience, revealing the mastery of Shakespeare's work and the importance of wordplay in the cultural practices of the society.
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Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, draws on two previous theatrical works: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead follows the "off-stage" exploits of two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. While the two main characters in Stoppard's play occasionally make brief appearances in "Hamlet," as scripted in Shakespeare's original tragedy, the majority of the play takes place in other parts of the castle where Hamlet is set. While "off stage" in this way, the characters resemble the main characters in the absurdist Waiting for Godot. As in Beckett's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time by impersonating other characters, engaging in word play, and remaining silent for long periods of time. These same two characters were also featured in a parody of Hamlet, the short comic play by W. S. Gilbert entitled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Gilbert's play makes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into central characters and alters the storyline of Hamlet.
The author of this passage chooses to describe four different playwrights in order to
convince the reader that one playwright is more talented than another
instruct the reader about the least successful adaptations of Shakespeare
inform the reader of many different interpretations of the same two characters
distract the reader from the true message of Shakespeare’s tragic play
Answer: inform the reader of many different interpretations of the same two characters
The purpose of paraphrasing Shakespeare’s text is to ? (A)change the setting to modern day.(B) make the language easier to understand. (C)correct possible mistakes in the original plays.(D) outline the relations among the characters.
Decide whether the following situation calls for passive or active listening. Your aunt is telling you about how cute her new dog is over the telephone.
Answer:
Passive
Explanation:
The passive listening represents someone who is listening to a sentence, but does not make any interruption, does not try to understand the meaning of the phrase, does not question. That is, the listener does nothing, just listen to what is being spoken. As you can see in the phrase "Your aunt is telling you about how cute her new dog is over the telephone." There is no interruption, which means that the listener is only listening to the phrase without doing anything, so we can conclude that this situation requires a passive listening.
Which excerpt from "What the Black Man Wants" best summarizes the speech?
I do not know, from what has been said, that there is any difference of opinion as to the duty of abolitionists, at the present moment.
How can we get up any difference at this point, or at any point, where we are so united, so agreed?
I am for the “immediate, unconditional, and universal” enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union.
Shall we at this moment justify the deprivation of the Negro of the right to vote, because some one else is deprived of that privilege?
The correct answer would be the third excerpt, because it states in a summarized way what any "black man" would want at that time in history, which would be his freedom, and in that excerpt, anyone who reads it can understand instantly what the author wants to convey, whereas in the other excerpts there are only hints.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
Complete this sentence fragment with a subordinate clause to make a complex sentence. the police officer was very concerned about...
Answer: "The police officer was very concerned about what his daughter had done at school".
Explanation: A sentence fragment is a sentence that is incomplete because there is has an essential part missing. In "The police officer was very concerned about", the object of the preposition ("about") is missing. In that way, a subordinate clause was added to this sentence in order to make it a complex sentence. "What his daughter had done at school" is a subordinate clause because it does not express a complete thought; therefore, it cannot stand alone as a sentence. Moreover, "what his daughter had done at school", which has been introduced by the relative pronoun "what", is a noun clause since it is acting as a noun.
Which of the following best describes Welty’s purpose for this narrative in the excerpt?
the AWNSER IS B. thank you have a blessed day god bless.
Which sentence BEST expresses the main idea of the story? A) People who are rich often get preferential treatment because of their money. B) Mr. Bullfrog thinks he may be a bachelor all of his life, but he has a plan for how he can trick a woman into marrying him. C) People are foolish in trying to choose a wife who is perfect, instead of finding a good match and accepting the imperfections. D) Mrs. Bullfrog and Mr. Bullfrog are really just old friends who took a long time to get to know each other, and even longer to get married.
i will say c because the people are foolish in trying to choose a wife who is perfect, instead of finding a good match and accepting the imperfections.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
"People are foolish in trying to choose a wife who is perfect, instead of finding a good match and accepting the imperfections".
That sengtence express in a best way the man idea of the story. It doesn´t matter the money of the people or the treatment they receive becase of this, that is a secondary idea, as well as the plans that Mr. Bullfrog had to deceive a woman and be able to marry. If he had noticed Mrs. Bullfrog´s imperfections before, it wouldn´t have taken so long to get married and be happy.
Which statement is an example of a figure of speech? A.I have a heavy backpack. B.My backpack weighs a ton. C.My backpack is very heavy. D.I can carry a lot in my backpack.
I believe that it would be B.
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What values does Romeo seem to hold and how do those values put him in contrast with Tybalt and Mercutio?
Compare and contrast “A Modern Cinderella” to “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”
A. They are both fairy tales, but “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” does not use magic and “A Modern Cinderella” does.
B. They are both fairy tales, but “A Modern Cinderella” does not use magic and “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” does.
C. They are both fairy tales, but “A Modern Cinderella” does not have royalty and “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” does.
D. They are both fairy tales, but “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” does not involve animals and “A Modern Cinderella” does.
The major difference and similarities between “A Modern Cinderella” and “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.” are:
B. They are both fairy tales, but “A Modern Cinderella” does not use magic and “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” does.
Modern Cinderella is a story that is told about Ella and her ambition to become a world famous musician but after the tragedy of her parent's death, she gave up on her dreams.
However, when she met the Prince Charming, she begins to dream again and starts her musical career again.
According to the book, “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”, the protagonist Minii goes on a supernatural journey where she tries to change her future by making her family rich.
As a result of this, the major difference and similarity between the two stories are both are fairy tales but although Cinderella does not use magic, Minii makes use of magic as she tries to change her family fortune.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B
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How does the niece advance the plot of the story “The Open Window”?
She entertains Framton during a difficult period in his life.
She tricks Framton into believing a falsehood that sends him into a panic.
She reveals a family secret that her aunt wants to keep hidden.
She explains the customs of the people who live in this part of the country.
Answer:
She tricks Framton into believing a falsehood that sends him into a panic.
Explanation:
The Open Window story begins with the arrival of Nuttel Framton, a hypochondriac, to the country, looking for someone to host him in their home, as he needed a more quieter place to be more relaxed and deal with his nerve issues. The plot develops when he arrives at the home of his new possible hosts: the Sappetons, and is received by Mrs. Sappleton's niece, Vera, a fifteen-year-old girl.
While Nuttle waits for Mrs. Sappleton to come out, Vera starts explaining Framton why the french window is open, she says that it remains open because Mrs. Sappleton believes that one day his husband, children and the dog's family (who had died in a tragic hunting accident years ago) would return home someday and re-enter the house. This is just a lie, of course, but the girl was so convincing that Nuttle believes it.
Once Mrs. Sappleton meets him, the hunting party appears walking toward the house. Mrs. Sappleton looks at them with excitement but the mischievous girl looks at them horrified as if she was looking at actual ghosts. Nuttle, horrified and scared, flees the house immediately.
Therefore, we can conclude that Vera advances the plot by tricking Framton into believing a falsehood that sends him into a panic.
In act 3 of Hedda Gabler, Lovborg tells Hedda that '“now I have no taste for that sort of life either. I won’t begin it anew.”' To what is Lovborg referring?
A.)marriage
B.)alcohol
C.) unhealthy friendships
D.)staying out late
Answer: the correct answer is B.) alcohol
Explanation: In Hedda gabler by Henrik Ibsen, Lovborg is a character that has issues with alcohol.
You can think of the ________ of a poem in the same way you think of the ________ of a song.
rhythm; beat
stanza; chorus
syllables; notes
meter; tone
i want to say its A) rhythm ; beat.
Which part of the word inquisitive is the root? in- -quis- -ive
Answer:
quis
Explanation: gradpoint
Complete the sentence: At the climax of the story, Sanger Rainsford has an epiphany about _____.
his attitudes towards animals and what it feels like to be the hunted
General Zaroff’s attitudes towards humans and what it feels like to be rich
Captain Nielsen’s warning that “This place has an evil name among seafaring men”
his love of hunting and what it feels like to be a hunter
Write a thesis statement for an essay about the benefits of children owning a pet. The main points of the authers essay are that children who own pets are more responsible. They have a constant companion. Children who own pets also seem to reap health benefits.
Answer: Owning a pet is very beneficial for children because it teaches them responsibility, and lets them have a friend that is always there.
Choose the word pair that best completes the analogy.
BALLAD : POEM ::
1. doctor : health
2. trophy : award
3. seed : egg
4. nonfiction : novel
Please only answer if you are absolutely certain you know the correct answer. Thanks in advance!
I agree that it's nonfiction : novel.
6. A Simple Sentence
A. Must contain a dependent clause
B. Can contain a compound subject and/or a compound verb
C. Should not have more than one verb or subject
D. Should not be long or detailed.
9. A Compound/Complex Sentence is
A. A hybrid sentence consisting of two other types of sentences
B. Consists of at least two Independent Clauses and at least one Dependent Clause
C. Is often rather long
D. All of the above
#6 answer = C. Should not have more than one verb or subject
#9 answer = D. All of the above. It is most definitely, by definition, B. But it is also often rather long, and can consist of 2 other types of sentence.s
THE 4 SENTENCE STRUCTURES
The simple sentence is one of the four basic sentence structures. The other structures are the compound sentence, the complex sentence, and the compound-complex sentence.
Simple sentence: I purchased a tour guide and a travel journal at the bookstore.a simple sentence is a sentence with only one independent clause.
Compound sentence: I purchased a tour guide and a travel journal, but the bookstore was out of maps.a compound sentence can be thought of as two (or more) simple sentences joined by a conjunction and/or an appropriate mark of punctuation.
Complex sentence: Because I was planning to visit Tokyo, I purchased a tour guide and a level journal.a complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause (or main clause) and at least one dependent clause. Put another way, a complex sentence is made up of a main clause with one or more dependent clauses joined to it with an appropriate conjunction or pronoun.
Compound-complex sentence: While Mary waited, I purchased a tour guide and a travel journal at the bookstore, and then the two of us went to dinner.a compound-complex sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Also known as a complex-compound sentence.
Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. The dance crew, after performing for the crowd, wash the paint from their faces. Which subject-verb agreement rule applies to this sentence? use a singular verb with a singular subject use a plural verb with a plural subject use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts use a singular verb with a collective subject functioning as a unit
Answer: C) use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts.
Explanation: A noun is a word or a group of words that denotes a person, a place or an object. A collective noun is a noun used to refer to a group (of animals, people, or objects, for example, staff, crew, hive, etc). In the given sentence we have a collective noun (dance crew) but the members of the crew are acting as individual parts (because their are washing their faces) so in that case we use a plural verb.
Which modifier can be used in the comparative degree? A. pretty B. unique C. same D. last
Answer:
The correct option is option A. pretty
Explanation:
Comparative degree in adjectives, also known as modifiers, is used to compare either the differences or similarities between two nouns. Or in other words, the comparative degree is used in sentences where two objects, animals or people are compared.
To form the regular comparatives it is necessary to consider the number of syllables; generally, adjectives with one or two syllables form the comparative degree by adding -er at the end of the word. Similarly, adjectives which have three or more syllables usually form the comparative by preceding the adjective with the word "more".
In the particular case of the example provided, the modifier which can be used in the comparative degree is pretty, resulting in prettier.
When the Hungarian police finally arrive to round up the Jews in the ghetto what is Wiesel doing? What's ironic about this?
Story: Night by Elie Wiesel
Final answer:
Elie Wiesel is praying when the Hungarian police come to round up the Jews, which is ironic because their prayers for help are unmet, highlighting the tragic plight of the Holocaust victims.
Explanation:
When the Hungarian police arrive to round up the Jews in the ghetto in Elie Wiesel's story "Night", Elie Wiesel is praying. The irony in this situation is poignant and tragic. Despite Elie's deep religious faith and the faith of others in the ghetto, their prayers for salvation are not answered, and they are instead faced with violent persecution. This moment emphasizes the cruel contradiction between the victims' search for divine intervention and the reality of the Holocaust. The irony lies in the expectation of a holy and protective power during a time of such profound suffering and injustice. The history of the Holocaust includes many instances where victims held onto hope and faith even in the bleakest circumstances, such as during the Kristallnacht and the Warsaw ghetto uprising. These events underscore the chilling reality that, despite acts of resistance and the enduring human spirit, the Nazi regime continued its campaign of genocide with devastating efficiency until the end of WWII.
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In the call of the wild when Hal and his dogs fell into a hole in the ice the conflict can be described as A) man vs man B)man vs nature C)man vs himself D)man vs society
Sonnets whose lines each contain 10 syllables, with stresses on every second syllable, are written in ________.
Question 1 options:
A. iambic tetrameter
B. iambic dimeter
C. iambic hexameter
D. iambic pentameter
A human pulse, which consists of a smaller beat followed by a greater beat: da-DUM, is the most basic example of iambic verse. Iambic pentameter would then have the following pronunciation: “da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM.” Thus, option D is correct.
What iambic pentameter stresses on every second syllable?Re has a softer accent and is the unstressed syllable, whereas Mark has a stronger emphasis and is stressed. A foot is the term used to describe a group of two or three syllables in poetry. An iamb is a unique kind of foot.
Iambic pentameter is a rhythmic pattern that combines stressed and unstressed syllables in groups of five, and is most frequently used in poetry. Although pentameter is the most well-known meter for iambic poetry, other options include dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, etc.
Therefore, A line in poetry that consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable is known as an iamb. The second syllable is usually stressed in an iamb.
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