I was recently interviewed by a local publication that features a person who has had a defining moment in his/her life, a milestone moment which led to change in his/her perspective/lifestyle/goals. I described the moment when I went on my first mountain climb in 2012 as part of a spiritual climb that changed my life and started my love for the outdoors. I did it with my son in darkness, nothing distracting me except for the stars above. Every step was a prayer, every breath a worship.
2015 did not exactly get off to a good start as I had faced the first few days of the new year mourning the loss of a family member. I thought that it was a good opportunity for me to spend some time back into the arms of nature, contemplating life and some reflections to set the year ahead straight – just like my very first climb.
"If we wish to be free-if we mean to preserve", "if we mean not basely to abandon" AND "which we have been so long contending", "which we have been so long engaged", "which we have pledged".
Parallelism is the repetition of the same grammatical structure. There are two instances of parallel structure in this excerpt. The first is the "If we ___ to ___" structure. The second is the "which we have _______" structure. By filling the passage with this parallel structure is gives the sense of a list of reasons that all, compounding on top of one another, logically lead to the need to fight. The change from the parallel structures in the last line "we must fight!" makes this exclamation stand out and hold power.
Answers:
1. Alliteration: A repetition of initial sounds in two or more words of a line of poetry
An alliteration is a literaty device in which a series of words begin with the same consonant sound. An example of an alliteration would be "The barbarians broke through the barricade."
2. Caesura: The pause or break in a line of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
A caesura is a stop or pause in a metrical linea that creates a break in a verse, splitting it in equal parts.
3. Comitatus: In the Germanic tradition, the relationship between a leader and his warriors, or a king and his lords.
Comitatus is a term mostly used in the Germanic warrior culture to refer to an oath of fealty taken by warriors to their lords.
4. Kenning: A double metaphor, usually hyphenated. Example, "swan-road" for sea.
Kenning comes from Old Norse tradition and it refers to the combination of words to create a new expression with metaphorical meaning.
I would say the context clue for that would be " greetings from people who were excited to meet..."
Answer:
My favorite hobby is designing. My favorite hobby is designing because it brings me peace in my free time and on days when I'm really stressed and in need of a distraction. Another reason designing is my favorite hobby is because I love creating and improving things. I can design many things, weather it is through knitting or through a computer engineering program. My favorite use for my designing skills is to surprise my friends and other loved ones with gifts I made and designed for them. All in all, my favorite hobby is designing for all the reasons I stated above.
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I hope this paragraph is useful and long enough. Have a nice day :3
