<span>“How horrible it would be . . . if she were condemned to be the plain, shy Millicent of a few years back.” - Direct characterization. The speaker explicitly says that Milicent now isn't plain and shy, and that would be a condemnation to her.
</span><span>“Betsy Johnson, the vivacious blonde secretary of the sorority” - Direct characterization. We can see Betsy and we get some information about her character (vivacious).
</span><span>“Walking beside Louise on the way to the drugstore, Millicent felt a surge of pride.” - Indirect characterization. The speaker doesn't say that Milicent is this or that kind of person. He/she just puts her in a context, commenting on her current feelings and thus allowing the reader to make a vague conclusion about her character.
</span><span>“Bev was suddenly there in the doorway. ‘Wipe that smile off your face,’ she commanded.” - Indirect characterization. Again, the speaker here describes this character's action, rather than features and character traits.</span>
Repetition of similarly phonetic consonants is a skill for writing consonance. A poetic line with at least three words that shows technique of consonance is as below:
sit lit fit,
lit fit fit,
sit fit lit.
The techniques of consonance is usually used in a prosody. The similarly sounding consonants at the end of the poetic line is remarkably used in a creative poetry called as prosody.
What type of government does France have?
How is it structured?
Who has power?
Is power distributed; and if so, how?
The statement that best describes the fallacy in this passage is (A) Justice Taney assumes that the writers of the Constitution would agree with him about citizenship.
Explanation:
The term fallacy is the use to show /support a invalid o, wrong or faulty reasoning, or "a wrong move"
Justice Taney claims that black people could not become the citizens of America , even though they have gained their freedom, because the Founders of american wanted it to happen. When the constitution was written the Black people never wanted to become the citizens . In the course this statement was not true, thus it is a fallacy statement.
Thus, The statement that best describes the fallacy in this passage is (A) Justice Taney assumes that the writers of the Constitution would agree with him about citizenship.
Answer:
I believe letter <u>B. historical records</u> is the best choice.
Explanation:
"Exhalation" is a short sci-fi story by author Ted Chiang, narrated by a character who belongs to a race of air-driven mechanical beings. The narrator-character decides to dissect his own brain and study it, which might lead us to believe the best answer is letter A. However, there is a whole reason behind such dissection that permeates the story even more than readers can grasp at first. The narrator is fascinated by the fact that memory is so fragile. Every time someone "dies" - runs out of air - in his word, when brought back to life, they forget who they are. Their memories are erased. Also, history has only began to be recorded by these mechanical beings quite recently, so their distant past is mystery to them.
After dissecting his own brain, the narrator comes to understand how it functions and why memories are easily erased from it. He also realized his race will be extinct due to change in pressure. Thus, he chooses to record his findings so that himself, his race, and their history won't be lost:
<em>Which is why I have written this account. You, I hope, are one of those explorers. You, I hope, found these sheets of copper and deciphered the words engraved on their surfaces. [...] through the act of reading my words, the patterns that form your thoughts become an imitation of the patterns that once formed mine. And in that way I live again, through you.
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<em>Your fellow explorers will have found and read the other books that we left behind, and through the collaborative action of your imaginations, my entire civilization lives again.</em>
