"Sentences" is the punning word in #1, for judges give out sentences. And teachers, as well. Get it? Sentences?
"Manor" is the punning word in #2. Get that? Castle? Home? Manor instead of manner? A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Another example of a pun is:
The pigs were a squeal.
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. And then it hit me.
Do you understand now? LOL. (: Hope this helps(:
A and B are both good defenses to her claims. Coral reefs are vital for the survival of marine ecosystems and the other is a major health risk of using sunscreen containing the chemical.
<span>C) The author provides a personal example and a reference to a movie to support his idea.
He provides a personal anecdote of being in the store and noticing how many people had ear buds and were listening to music on their phones.
Then he references the film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to continue making his point.</span>
Answer:
A. "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."
Explanation:
In the article, Hamid seems to prefer TV viewing over reading lengthy novels, this is evident when he said <em>"I now watch a lot of TV.."</em> He goes further to say <em>"Films could be well written, but they were smaller than novels. TV was big, but its writing was clunky..this represents a crisis for the novel."</em>
Then comes Hamid's advice to novelists,<em> "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."</em>
Answer: C. To reject or treat with disgust.
Explanation: denotation is the literal meaning of a word, the one that we can find in a dictionary, connotation is the meaning given by the context of the word, or also by the readers based on their emotions or personal experiences. In the given excerpt the connotation or meaning from the context of the word "spurn" is to reject or treat with disgust, we can infer that by noticing that the excerpt in general have a negative tone about fate, death and hope.
