2. I believe i can deepen.my understanding through

The author of the passage MOST LIKELY uses the word dismal in the first sentence

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Answer:

C. To create emotions in the reader

Explanation:

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2 years ago

Review each paragraph of the essay. Then write down one statement from each paragraph that you think sums up the main idea of th

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Paragraph I.

Answer:

In order to reunite with nature, a person needs to withdraw and look at it with fresh and pure eyes, without all the bias that civilization has imposed on us.

Explanation:

In our lives, we are too often immersed in trivial worldly affairs, so much so that we take nature and its beauty for granted. Stars, for example, are so magnificent that they are worthy of adoration. But we often fail to see their magnificence just because we see them every night.

Paragraph II.

Answer:

Nature's beauty and perfection are inexhaustible even for the wisest of people.

Explanation:

We can try to grasp nature's wonders all we want - they will never expire or cease to exist, nor will they become incomprehensible. On the contrary, nature will always reflect both "the wisdom of [a man's] best hour" and "the simplicity of his childhood".

Paragraph III.

Answer:

A man can own fields or farms or woods, but he can never own nature itself.

Explanation:

Nature is integral (whole and undivided). Even though people may draw lines and boundaries through it, they can never own it. Only the poet can grasp its full integrity.

Paragraph IV.

Answer:

Nature is comprehensive and inclusive of all of our feelings.

Explanation:

In nature, a man can reestablish contact with his youth and childhood, but also with his own universal nature. Only there can he finally understand how pointless his egotism is, how unimportant all his worldly concerns and cares.

Paragraph V.

Answer:

In their essence, man and nature are connected with an unbreakable bond.

Explanation:

Even if physically alone, a man can never be truly alone in nature. That is because every element of nature (for example, a bough) reflects his inner, spiritual processes. A storm may take a man by surprise, but it is not unknown or unfamiliar to him.

Paragraph VI.

Answer:

Human spirit and emotions are a result of harmony between man and nature.

Explanation:

We can "read" the same landscape differently, according to our current emotions. For example, a scene that yesterday seemed delightful can today appear as melancholic. "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit," says Emerson in this paragraph. It means that nature is susceptible to our imagination, which in turn means that man and nature are equal, and equally important.

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2 years ago

Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run." Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won't let on that they practic

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This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:

Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”

Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight so that she walks ahead like she’s not with me, don’t know me, is all by herself on a shopping trip, and I am somebody else’s crazy child.

What does the narrative voice in this passage reveal about Squeaky’s character?

A. She doesn’t like the way her mother treats her.

B. She doesn’t care about how she looks to others.

C. She feels like she has to work harder than others.

D. She wants everyone to know how fast she runs

Answer:

The narrative voice reveals that:

B. She doesn’t care about how she looks to others.

Explanation:

"Raymond's Run" is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara. The narrator is Squeaky, whose real name is Hazel. She is a smart, determined, and competitive girl. Squeaky tries her best, no matter what the challenge is. And she clearly does not care what others think of her. She will not hide what she is doing. She will not change the way she is doing it. That is specially clear when she says, "even if it does get my mother uptight so that she walks ahead like she's not with me." Squeaky will do what she thinks is best for her, independently on how others seem to feel about it. She may look like "somebody else's crazy child," but the way she looks to others is not important.

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1 year ago

Decide if the underlined part of each sentence is an absolute phrase, an appositive phrase, a restrictive clause, or a nonrestri

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The answer to the question above is the following one:

a) The concert that I attended was held last August.

A is a restrictive clause because it modifies the noun it precedes. It provides essential information as regards the sentence. If it was dropped, the sentence would not have the same meaning.

b) The audience moved as one, the crowd swaying the music.

B is an absolute phrase. Absolute phrases are phrases that modify a noun in a sentence but they are not connected to the sentence by a conjunction. They are set off with a comma and can be deleted from the sentence without altering its meaning.

c) The concert, which had been rescheduled, was sold out.

C is nonrestrictive clause. It provides information which is considered nonessential. Therefore, it can be erased without altering the meaning of the sentence.

d) The band, a hometown favorite, came back for serveral encores

D is an appositive phrase. An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. They are set off with commas.

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Read the following excerpt from "Once More to the Lake" by E. B. White.

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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.

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