This question is about the article "America and I".
When reading between paragraphs 1-6, we can see that when leaving Russia, the author has the concept of "American dream" alive. This is because the author lived an life of oppression and few resources in Russia. The author allows the reader to understand that her life in Russia was limited, small, without opportunities and sad, but that would change in America. For the author, America was the land of freedom, opportunity and hope. She felt that America would offer her everything that Russia denied her and that in America she would work, express herself, be happy, do the things she wanted and be fully accomplished, in addition to being allowed to follow her dreams and enjoy the her life as she wanted.
Answer:
Betru asked Tedla what he was doing there because he hadn't seen him since June.
Tedla replied that he just came back from his holiday in Nekemte
Betru asked if he enjoyed it and Tedla replied that he loves Ireland and the people in Nekemte were so friendly.
Betra then asked if he went to Shambu and Tedla replied that it was his first trip. He said he could show Betra some pictures tomorrow if he was free.
Betru replied that he would arrange some things tomorrow but he was free tonight.
Tedla suggested he comes to his place and asked what time they should meet.
Betru said he would be there by eight and asked if it was alright?
Explanation:
Direct speech means reporting a speech by repeating the words of the speaker verbatim.
Indirect speech is expressing the words of a speaker without explicitly quoting or repeating the words.
Some simple steps in changing direct speech to indirect speech are:
- Remove all inverted commas or quotation marks.
- Finish the sentence with a period.
- Change the verbs in the inverted commas to the corresponding tense.
Components of Ex Nihilo story.
Answer: Option E, Option C, Option F, Option D.
Explanation:
Ex Nihilo is a Latin term which means ‘out of nothing.’ There are many Ex Nihilo stories all of which describes how the Earth was created from nothingness. These stories addresses the mythological stories which mostly address the creation of the earth, creation of the whole universe.
There are four primary components of Ex Nihilo story, they are as follows: A long time ago, there was nothing but darkness, then
1. Suddenly from the darkness emerged a bright,
translucent sphere hanging in midair. That sphere was so bright that it was almost difficult to figure out what was happening.
2. Inside the sphere sat God, creator of everything.
3. God pointed at the darkness and uttered a command.
4. This action led to the creation of Earth.
And with this began a life cycle of all living creatures and slowly and steadily the earth stared forming.