Answer:
The context clue for the word diaphanous can be categorized as <u>comparison</u>.
Explanation:
As we know, context clues are, as the name suggests, clues or hints a writer gives to help readers understand the meaning of certain words or expressions. In the sentence, "The curtains in the house were diaphanous like a piece of clean glass," we have an adjective that is quite uncommon, diaphanous. What the author does, then, is he/she compares the diaphanous curtains to something else as a means of eliciting what being diaphanous means. In this case, the comparison happens by the use of simile, a figure of speech which compares two different things by using support words ("as" or "like"). It is very common for writers to use metaphors as comparison context clues as well.
From the comparison context clue given by the author, we can assume that diaphanous means clear, translucent.
Answer:Answer:
The author expands his argument of reading and its importance in the lives of children.
Explanation:
"I Am Very Real" was written by Kurt Vonnegut. He was an American native. He had a writing career of about fifty years. He died on 11th April 2007. This letter was published in 1967. In it, he describes how rights come with responsibility and it is not necessary for a person to fulfill each and every right of another individual.
He also wrote this letter to make the receiver aware that writers are real people, not just fake names. He talks about children and how to prepare them for practical life through books
An indirect object is the beneficient of the action, or for whom the action is done. It often has the form of "for x" or "to x", but not always.
Among the options the indirect object is found in the option C:
C. They gave me a bonus.
the indirect object is "me"
Answer:
I believe three options can be chosen:
- She wants her mother to feel differently about her.
- She feels a strong need for independence.
- She wants to influence her mother’s behavior.
Explanation:
This excerpt is part of the short story "Two Kinds", by Amy Tan. The main character, June, is expected to become a prodigy child by her mother, Suyuan. Her mother quizzes her on different subjects and demands that she take piano lessons.
At a certain point, June begins to defy her mother's wishes. In the excerpt we are analyzing here, for instance, she decides to show how bored and uninterested she is with the intention of making her mother give up on her. June is fighting - as much as she can as a child - for own independence. She believes she can change her mother's feelings and behavior if she performs badly at the tasks she is given.
<span>The underlined words are impetuous,
barbarously, impious, and preposterous.</span>
<span>In the
given sentences, these words match the following contextual meanings because of
how they used in the sentences:</span>
Impetuous - rapid and powerful<span>
barbarously - coarse and uncivilized
impious - disrespectful, irreverent
preposterous - absurd, unreasonable </span>
