Apart from the guiding questions provided in the passage, below are some steps to make a good summary:
- Eliminate non-vital information.
- Join sentences with related ideas.
- Re-organize ideas to improve sentence fluency.
Taking these into consideration, here is an example summary from the passage taken from History and Geography 7, Unit 6.
Archaeologists discovered that people came to the North American continent long ago possibly by crossing fifty-six miles between Asia and Alaska. While the date and details of their trip remain unknown, as nomads, they migrated during the spring and summer in search of food for their herds and camped during the winter. Eventually, they settled from the east coast to the tip of South America. Artifacts found from this era were used for hunting animals to get food and clothing.
Answer:
The type of figurative language used in the passage is: imagery.
Explanation:
<u>Imagery is a literary device that uses language to appeal to the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing). By using imagery, authors involve readers and help them, in their imagination, to see, hear, touch, smell or taste what is being described.</u> In the particular passage we are analyzing here, the author is using imagery when describing the shadow thrown by the bank. <u>By using "a narrow shelf of shadow," the author has us imagining it in a vivid manner, as if we are the character seeing that shadow.</u>
Answer:
This is a connotative sentence because it is not saying why she chaired the meeting literally.
Explanation:
The Voodoo Macbeth is the nickname provided to the 1936 New York creation of Shakespeare's play- Macbeth. Orson Welles was the one who tailored and directed the play, He stimulated the actions-setting from cold Scotland to an imaginary Caribbean land mass. He employed a completely Black cast. His production received this title for transformed play because of the Haitian voodoo that was used to replace the task of Scottish witchcraft. It was a theatrical sensation.
From the details expressed, it is clear to state that;
"voodoo drums were played during the performance" which assisted in changing the setting of the play from Scotland to a Caribbean island.
