<span>A.) He approached the temple. As he went forward the light retired, and, when he put his feet within the apartment, utterly vanished. The suddenness of this transition increased the darkness that succeeded in a tenfold degree. Fear and wonder rendered him powerless. An occurrence like this, in a place assigned to devotion, was adapted to intimidate the stoutest heart.
(from Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown)
*** You know this because gothic writings were very dreary </span>
The part of this excerpt from Homer’s Odyssey depicts Ulysses revealing his true identity to his faithful servants Eumaeus and Philaetius is
His ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed The sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: Eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed With tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed: Around his neck their longing arms they cast, His head, his shoulders, and his knees embraced; Tears followed tears; no word was in their power; In solemn silence fell the kindly shower. The king too weeps, the king too grasps their hands; And moveless, as a marble fountain, stands.
Answer: C) first person point of view
Explanation: The first person point of view describes the narrator's perspective in Shania's diary because Shania relates her own story i.e the story was told from Shania's perspective. To justify this, we often see the words; "I, Me, We, Us" (grammatical first person) been used. Shania spoke alot about her self in the diary and also the events she experienced.
The language system is semantics. "Coke" v.s "Sprite." are two different words, so we are focusing on a word. When Anna paused, she was confused because to Melinda, A Coke means a Sprite in her vocabulary. She wanted to confirm the same meaning. Semantics involves a changing meaning depending on the person. She is visiting from Alabama, so the meanings may have chosen just like dialects. Thus, it cannot be phonology/morphology, syntax, or pragmatics.
Answer:
The details from the text that best support the author’s purpose are:
3. Old German tales once held communities together
4. Older stories often expressed the essence of Volk culture
5. Epics and other tales were linguistic and based in history.
Explanation:
The Brothers Grimm found a method for collecting and recording folk stories. This led to the beginning of folklore studies.
The main idea of this excerpt is the fact that the Grimm Brothers believed firmly that natural forms of culture are linguistic, and they are based on history. This is also mentioned in Option 5, so it is pone of the correct options. Therefore, they saved the fairy tale.
Option 3 states that Old German epics are pure forms and held communities together. Option 4 expresses the essence of Volk culture.
