Clarification:
I found the complete instructions for the exercise online:
Rewrite the following passages filling in the blank spaces with suitable linking words from the lists given at the end of each passage. [what, and, also, that, which]
Answer:
One of the most wonderful inventions of modern times is television. It is now possible to sit in the comfort of ones home <u>and</u> watch on a screen events <u>which</u> are happening hundreds of miles away. We can <u>also</u> get entertainmen from films, dances,plays and sports <u>that</u> are shown on the screen. It is difficult to imagine <u>what</u> life would be like without television.
Explanation:
In this exercise, you have to complete the text given with different linking words.
<u>Linking words</u> are words that are used to connect different ideas or arguments. In this case, the text is about television and how it changed the way we entertain ourselves.
<span>C) to discuss the infallibility of memory to recall facts correctly from the past
The narrator in this is talking about an important memory from his childhood, but he is nervous when he thinks about how the memory might be 'marred' or changed from the innocence of youth. He remembers the place but hopes that it has remained as pure as he felt it was from his childhood. </span>
Answer:
C). Parody compares the pigs with human leaders in the real world.
D). Exaggeration makes Pilkington seem ridiculous and similar to the pigs.
E). Satire creates an attitude of contempt for the pigs’ treatment of the other animals.
Explanation:
Satire is demonstrated as the literary device that employs irony, humor, overstatement, or ridicule to reveal and comment upon the follies or vices inherent in the society or an individual.
In the given excerpt from 'Animal Farm', Orwell's use of parody(imitation of a specific author or genre to intentionally exaggerate it and generate a comic effect) assists in establishing the comparison between the pigs and human leaders which critiques the foibles of the latter mockingly. Exaggeration helps in ridiculing Pilkington's foolishness that makes him look similar to the pigs. While <u>satire displays Orwell's disdainful attitude towards the manner in which the pigs(representing Pilkington) treat other animals('long working hours, absence of pampering')</u>. Thus, the satire assists in highlighting and critiquing the corruption and vices of the leader like Pilkington more effectively before the audience. Thus, <u>options C, D, and E</u> are the correct answers.
Answer:
The answer is letter D.
Explanation:
Characterization refers to how the characters in a story are represented by telling or showing a certain feature or description of their personalities or characteristics. There are mainly two types of characterization:<em> direct and indirect.</em>
- Direct Characterization- the writer <em>tells</em> the character's personality by mentioning direct statements. For example: "She was a brilliant girl." In this case, he is directly telling the reader.
- Indirect Characterization- the writer <em>shows</em> the character's personality by cumulative details. Examples of this are the thoughts of the character, or the way she dresses.
Among the choices above,<u> it is only letter D which shows indirect characterization.</u> <u>The statement shows what the character thinks about working in the farm, according to what he declared.</u>
