1. He searched doggedly for his favorite socks. - with great determination
2. The tornado precluded our trip to the zoo. - made impossible
3. I am sick of the reprimands I get from my driver’s ed instructor! - scoldings
4. quarry - D. prey, target
5. retribution - A. punishment, revenge
6. balmy - E. temperate, soothing
7. coveted - C. desirable, longed for
8. cryptic - B. puzzling, obscure
The explanation expressed in this excerpt reveals that the narrator HAS A NATURAL INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE WORDS LIKELY SUGGESTED.
From the passage given above it can be seen that the narrator has the capacity to infer and interpret spoken words in order to get their true meaning. She correctly guess in the passage, that the boy had a natural desire to take her home.
<span>Indirect characterization uses a person/character's speech patterns or other forms of appearance to give a look into their personality. In this case, dialogue would be considered a way to indirectly characterize. Direct characterization, on the other hand, uses actual descriptive words and phrases to give a look at how a character will behave, look, or feel.</span>
Answer:
A. enjambment
Explanation:
The poetic technique that Robert Browning uses in the excerpt from "My Last Duchess" is enjambment.
Enjambment means the continuation of a sentence without pause after the end of a line, couplet or stanza or it means that the thought in one line of poem does not end in that line but still continues in the next line.
"Of joy into the Duchess' cheek: perhaps Frà Pandolf chanced to say "Her mantle laps Over my lady's wrist too much," or "Paint Must never hope to reproduce the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat:"
