Oxymoron means <span>a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.</span>
The correct answer is B, 'a recent government report comparing the results of alternative and contemporary medicine for a specified disease'. Answer choice A is incorrect because posts on social networking sites are not reliable. Answer choice C is incorrect because this is clearly an advertisement, and not an actual study. Answer choice D is incorrect because the study is outdated, and better medicines may have been created since it was posted.
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In order to discover the theme of a magical realist story, the reader can analyze the recurring topics/issues characters talk about/struggle with.
An example of it can be found in Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera", which is a work of magical realism. The main character experiences unrequited love and never gives up. Throughout the whole book, the poor man keeps hoping his beloved one will some day give in to his advances. We can say the theme of this magical realist story is the invincible power of true love.
Another work by García Márquez (his most famous one), "100 years of Solitude", revolves around the Buendías, a family who lives in the fictional municipality of Macondo. It is another work of pure magical realism, since there is the rain that lasts for many years and also the woman who lives to be much more than 100 (really much more). It shows successive generations of the same family and also how certain characteristics can be inherited. The theme here is that of the relevance of kinship.
<span>Squire
With him there was his son, a youthful squire,
A lover and a lusty bachelor,
With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press.
Some twenty years of age he was, I guess.
In stature he was of an average length,
Wondrously active, aye, and great of strength.
He'd ridden sometime with the cavalry
In Flanders, in Artois, and Picardy,
And borne him well within that little space
In hope to win thereby his lady's grace.
Prinked out he was, as if he were a mead,
All full of fresh-cut flowers white and red.
Singing he was, or fluting, all the day;
He was as fresh as is the month of May.
Short was his gown, with sleeves both long and wide.
Well could be sit on horse, and fairly ride.
He could make songs and words thereto indite,
Joust, and dance too, as well as sketch and write.
So hot he loved that, while night told her tale,
He slept no more than does a nightingale.
Courteous he, and humble, willing and able,
And carved before his father at the table.</span>
<span>In those quotations from the story, author is using both direct and indirect
characterization. Direct characterization is when author directly states what characters are like and indirect characterization shows personality of a character
through speech, looks, actions, thought and effects on others. In the first quotation
author is using direct characterization through stating how character looks and states her actions –
Della is slender and she has mastered the arts. In second quotation author also uses direct characterization through looks and actions – Madam is large, too
white, chilly and she hardly looks at ‘Sofronie. In the third quotation, Madam’s
characterization is indirectly shown through her action and speech – she bidded
twenty dollars by lifting her hand. An in the fourth quotation indirect
characterization is shown through actions – he looked the watch on the sly.</span>
