To best answer this question, we must first clarify what an intensive pronoun is.
Intensive pronouns are reflexive pronoun used to add emphasis to a sentence. As a result, an intensive pronoun is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence. Intensive pronouns are the same as reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Every sentence given above contains reflexive pronouns, but not all of them are intensive pronouns.
In the first sentence, "herself" is a reflexive pronoun. However, it IS essential to the meaning of the sentence. Talking to herself is different than talking to others. Therefore, sentence A. does NOT contain an intensive pronoun.
In the second sentence, "myself" is NOT essential to the meaning of the sentence. If the word "myself' were eliminated from the sentence, the meaning of the sentence would remain the same. There, sentence B. does contain an intensive pronoun.
In the third sentence, the word "themselves" is essential to the meaning of the sentence. If the word "themselves" were eliminated, the meaning of the sentence would not remain the same, because we need to know they went alone (as opposed to going with their parents). As a result, sentence C. does NOT contain an intensive pronoun.
Finally, in the fourth sentence, the word "himself" is necessary to the sentence so that the reader knows just WHO Andy is looking at in the mirror. If this pronoun were removed, the meaning of the sentence would change. As a result, sentence D. does NOT contain an intensive pronoun.
Therefore, the sentence that contains an intensive pronoun is B.
Answer:
Through Akerblad’s actions, Giblin shows him as someone whose confidence eventually stood in the way of his success.
Explanation:
James Cross Giblin's work <em>The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone</em> is a historical work on the deciphered work of the Rosetta Stone that was discovered in Memphis. This historical stone laid the foundation for the understanding of the Egyptian language and scripts.
The given passage talks about Johan Akerblad, a Swedish student studying under Silvestre de Sacy. The passage details how his previous successes led him to make a mistake while deciphering the Stone. Through his actions, Giblin presents him as someone whose confidence in always succeeding led him to be adamant, thus obstructing him in the way of successfully deciphering the hieroglyphic. He made a mistake in claiming that the demotic hieroglyphic is alphabetic, leading to <em>"no further progress in deciphering the demotic passage on the Stone".
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Plot outline has the following phases:
1) Exposition - characters and setting are introduced. Conflict is evident. Conflict can be internal or external.
2) Rising action - events that are suspenseful and leads to climax.
3) Climax - peak of the story
4) Falling action - events that happened after the climax
5) Denouement - ending part of the story.
The part of the summary that corresponds to the following plot outlines are:
1) Exposition
<span>Napoleon is quite selfish because he wants
to be the sole chief of the farm. He plots
against Snowball and turns the other animals
against Snowball to get him thrown out of the
farm. Then Napoleon takes over as the chief.
</span>
2) Rising Action
<span>The wise pig, Major, makes all the animals
in the farm realize that they are being
ill-treated and that they can put an end to
their own misery by getting rid of their
owner, Mr. Jones.
</span>
3) Climax
<span>The animals take Major's advice and get
together to overthrow Mr. Jones, making
him leave the farm. They then start their own
farm and make up their own rules and
commandments. Initially, two pigs, Napoleon
and Snowball, are in charge of Animal Farm.
</span>
4) Falling Action
<span>After that, the pigs break the rules and
commandments that they themselves, along
with the other animals, prepared and planned.
The pigs start to disobey and change every
law that they were following earlier. They
also start to behave and look like humans.
</span>
5) Denouement
<span>Gradually, the government of Animal Farm
loses its authority, and Mr. Jones returns
as the farm’s owner. </span>
I have described myself as always having been imbued with a
fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature.
In this line, the author is exploring man versus nature. The
word or phrase from this passage that best demonstrated the conflict between
man and nature is perhaps ‘penetrate’ or specifically ‘penetrate the secrets of
nature’.
‘Penetrate’ means to succeed in forcing a way into or
through. This signifies that the persona in this passage wants to understand
the mysteries that surround nature.
Answer:
The response that she received was adequate. The CEO, not the board chair, should be making the hiring decisions
The opening which was advertised in the daily paper is for an entry-level programmer.
Explanation:
The comma is one of the most common punctuations used in grammar and it serves various functions among which are to separate listed items, to indicate a pause, separation of words, or ideas, etc.
From the given examples above, the sentences with internal sentence interrupters that make use of correct punctuation are options A and C.
Options B and D make use of punctuation incorrectly.
