Read the sentence.

The judges themselves said it was the worst performance they had ever seen.

Why does the author use the word “themselves” in this sentence?

Final answer:

The word “themselves” is used to add emphasis, underscoring that the negative opinion about the performance came directly from the judges. Reflexive pronouns like “themselves” are used not only for actions performed upon the subject but also for emphasis on the subject's agency and involvement.

Explanation:

The author uses the word “themselves” in the sentence to add emphasis to the fact that it was the judges—who are expected to be experts and authoritative in their assessments—who expressed this negative opinion. The reflexive pronoun “themselves” underscores that the opinion came directly from the judges and not secondhand or from another source. This use of “themselves” not only emphasizes the subject of the sentence but also strengthen the impact of their judgment on the performance. 

Reflexive pronouns often function to highlight the subject conducting the action upon itself, known as making the action reflexive. However, they can also emphasize the agency and involvement of the subjects as in the given sentence. In English, reflexive pronouns ensure that the sentence is clear and that the antecedents of the pronouns are emphasized appropriately. Therefore, reflexive pronouns like “themselves” can be crucial in conveying subtle nuances of meaning in a sentence.

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Jacob is revising a paragraph about Susan B. Anthony. He wants to make sure each sentence develops and supports the central idea. Read his draft paragraph: (1) Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. (2) She is most famous for leading the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, but her political interests stretched far beyond women’s right to vote. (3) Her work for women’s suffrage dovetailed with her support of workers’ rights and organized labor. (4) Anthony was also a strong proponent of temperance, which was the movement to outlaw alcohol in the United States. (5) Additionally, she was a passionate abolitionist, serving as an agent for the Anti-Slavery Society.


Which sentence should Jacob delete, since it is not a supporting idea for the paragraph’s central idea?


A. Sentence 1

B. Sentence 3

C. Sentence 4

D. Sentence 5

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.

From what point of view is this story told? A) 1st person
B) 2nd person
C) 3rd person limited
D) 3rd person omniscient

I need help with the passage

Which sentence contains an example of precise language?
Question options:

a)

A fine crash from the piano greeted the words, interrupted by a shuddering cry from the old man.

b)

"I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly.

c)

His wife and son ran toward him.

d)

"Well, I don't see the money," said his son as he picked it up and placed it on t

Watch President Kennedy deliver the following sentences
from the speech again. How did his delivery affect the
impact of his words on his audience?

Read "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and answer the question.

[1] I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
[5] Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
[10] Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
[15] A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
[20] In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

What does the poet describe in the second stanza?

The amount of people at the bay
The number of daffodils
The popular new dance move
The types of stars in the sky

Which statement most accurately describes a central theme that runs
throughout Dante's Inferno?
O
A. Hell is divided into nine circles, and each is devoted to a different
kind of sin.
O
B. The greatest threat to one's purity is the corrupting influence of
trusted friends.
O
C. To enjoy the rewards of God's favor, one must first struggle and
know suffering
D. God makes no distinction between sinners; they are denied heaven
in equal measure.

3 Paragraph 22 is important to the story because it shows that Christopher
A is hoping the principal is absent again
B has been sent to the principal's office often
C expects the principal to allow him to attend the picnic
D is willing to explain to the principal what really happened​

Summer, an excerpt by Amy Lowell

Some men there are who find in nature all Their inspiration, hers the sympathy Which spurs them on to any great endeavor, To them the fields and woods are closest friends, And they hold dear communion with the hills; The voice of waters soothes them with its fall, And the great winds bring healing in their sound. To them a city is a prison house Where pent up human forces labour and strive, Where beauty dwells not, driven forth by man; But where in winter they must live until Summer gives back the spaces of the hills. To me it is not so. I love the earth And all the gifts of her so lavish hand: Sunshine and flowers, rivers and rushing winds, Thick branches swaying in a winter storm, And moonlight playing in a boat's wide wake; But more than these, and much, ah, how much more, I love the very human heart of man. Above me spreads the hot, blue mid-day sky, Far down the hillside lies the sleeping lake Lazily reflecting back the sun, And scarcely ruffled by the little breeze Which wanders idly through the nodding ferns. The blue crest of the distant mountain, tops The green crest of the hill on which I sit; And it is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer, The very crown of nature's changing year When all her surging life is at its full. To me alone it is a time of pause, A void and silent space between two worlds, When inspiration lags, and feeling sleeps, Gathering strength for efforts yet to come.

The speaker of this poem is most likely

A. outside looking at the world

B. staying inside to keep warm

C. in a dusty office with no windows

D. traveling by car to a snowy destination

(1) In ancient Egypt, scribes, or writers, were important. (2) They wrote personal letters and official documents. (3) Scribes provided the hieroglyphics on tombs. (4) The scribes are mostly males from the middle or upper classes. Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in verb tense?

A.Sentence 1
B.Sentence 2
C.Sentence 3
D.Sentence 4

Definition: This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers what a person in a literary
selection is like.

what should not be capitalized A August B Hunter C Finley D Alamo

what is the theme of the secret garden

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Helmer: [putting his papers together] Now then, little Miss Obstinate. Nora: [breathlessly]. Torvald—what was that letter? Helmer: Krogstad's dismissal. Nora: Call her back, Torvald! There is still time. Oh Torvald, call her back! Do it for my sake—for your own sake—for the children's sake! Do you hear me, Torvald? Call her back! You don't know what that letter can bring upon us. Helmer: It's too late. Nora: Yes, it's too late. Helmer: My dear Nora, I can forgive the anxiety you are in, although really it is an insult to me. It is, indeed. Isn't it an insult to think that I should be afraid of a starving quill-driver's vengeance? But I forgive you nevertheless, because it is such eloquent witness to your great love for me. [Takes her in his arms.] And that is as it should be, my own darling Nora. Come what will, you may be sure I shall have both courage and strength if they be needed. You will see I am man enough to take everything upon myself. Nora: [in a horror-stricken voice]. What do you mean by that? Helmer: Everything, I say— Nora: [recovering herself] You will never have to do that. Helmer: That's right. Well, we will share it, Nora, as man and wife should. That is how it shall be. [Caressing her.] Are you content now? There! There! Not these frightened dove's eyes! The whole thing is only the wildest fancy! Now, you must go and play through the Tarantella and practise with your tambourine. I shall go into the inner office and shut the door, and I shall hear nothing; you can make as much noise as you please. [Turns back at the door.] And when Rank comes, tell him where he will find me. [Nods to her, takes his papers and goes into his room, and shuts the door after him.] Nora: [bewildered with anxiety, stands as if rooted to the spot, and whispers] He was capable of doing it. He will do it. He will do it in spite of everything. No, not that! Never, never! Anything rather than that! Oh, for some help, some way out of it! [The door-bell rings.] Doctor Rank! Anything rather than that—anything, whatever it is! [She puts her hands over her face, pulls herself together, goes to the door and opens it. RANK is standing without, hanging up his coat. During the following dialogue it begins to grow dark.] How does the interaction between Helmer and Nora affect the plot? Nora realizes that Helmer's actions are intended to preserve his masculinity, not their marriage. Nora realizes that, no matter what the letter says, Helmer will still love her as much as he does now. Nora comes to understand that Doctor Rank is more important to Helmer than she is. Nora comes to understand that Helmer wants to share more responsibilities in the marriage now.

Excerpt from Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll

1 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

5 "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10 Long time the manxome foe he sought,
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15 Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
20 He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

25 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Which characteristics BEST describe the boy in stanza 3?

A) brave and patient
B) skilled and gifted
C) cruel and cowardly
D) silly and humorous

In this passage, what revelation do the narrator and his father have about the setting?

how should a reader find the central idea of a piece of writing?
a. write to the author for clarification
b. identify & organize the key points
c. read other authors works on the topic
d. take time off from reading to do other things

22) Pick which group of words below is a fragment:
A) After the store.
B) After the store don't run around.
C) Don't run around.

Which sans serif don't is most commonly used on the web.
A. Arial
B. candid
C. Century gothic
D. Verdana

acrostic poem for electricity

Quick English question:
I-Ready problem

write a paragraph about avicenna in 5 line

Use page numbers and quotations to write a three- to five-sentence paragraph about the resolution from your novel or short story. Remember to include the title and author of the novel or short story. My Book is The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton

what is a summary of the book, the giver?

The word "crisis" in the sentence above tells the reader that ____.

How many parts of speech can guffaw function as?

Why did George and Lennie leave Weed?

True or false

A synonym for prohibit is authorize.

Which sentence from the passage demonstrates faulty logic?

A.) What happens on a reality show is what really happens in life.

B.) People who hate reality shows are really just old, humorless sourpusses.

C.) The phone call informing me that I was on the show was a dream come true for me.

D.) We all know, for example, that in real life it’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know.

:3 for the points

You have been assigned to write an essay about whether school uniforms help create a sense of community among students. Which opening sentence would be most appropriate?
A) School uniforms have much to recommend them, according to some administrators.
B) Wearing school uniforms is a part of everyday life for a great many American students.
C) Many students bitterly hate having to wear school uniforms; some, however, don't mind at all.
D) Some people speak out in favor of school uniforms, suggesting that a shared mandatory wardrobe helps students feel closer to one another.