One has to fall to build and grow the war. currents of water help the pine tree grow, so the pine is the war and the deaths are the currents
Answer:
These word choices highlight the tone of irony.
Explanation:
The question above is about the poem "War is Kind" written by Stephen Crane. The entire poem has a strong tone of verbal irony, which can first be found in the poem speaker's statements about why women should not cry because the men they love were killed in war, because war is a good and benevolent thing. This characteristic of war contains strong irony, since nothing good and benevolent would kill anyone.
Verbal irony is reinforced by the use of contradictory ideas like those found in the question above, where the author mixes the characteristics that war promoters impose on themselves and the real characteristics among them.
Answer:
The line in the above excerpt from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" that shows that Tan changes her language depending on the audience is: “The talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club, and it was going along well enough, until I remembered one major difference that made the whole talk sound wrong. My mother was in the room.”
Explanation:
Based on the <span>excerpt given above from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms," h</span>ow the author increases the emotional power of his essay is by describing the physical effects of war, such as “thick and insensitive” skin and “salty taste” in the mouth. These graphic descriptions in the present tense attempt to show the gruesome reality of war to readers. And also, using <span>the pronoun you while describing the horrific experiences of the soldiers. In this way, he makes the soldiers’ suffering more relatable to his audience. The answers would be 1 and 4.</span>
Which words are supposed to be bold?
