I read Ted Chiang’s excerpt “EXHALATION” and the correct answer would be D, <u><em>“IT CREATES A FEELING OF HOPE AND PERSONAL REFLECTION”.</em></u> The whole excerpt is talking about life in a scientific way, it’s trying to make the reader to have a vision about some scientific facts about our organism.
The excerpt states 2 theories. The first one is about our memories and that the things that we forget are indeed gone forever and there is nothing we can do to have them back. And the second one is about contrasting reality vs science.
The author uses synaesthesia aswell as imagery and similes.
Answer: D.) Used traditional meters and rhyme schemes to write about common occurrences of everyday life
Explanation:
The Fireside poets were a group of poets from the 19th century. The poets often listed in this group are <em>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, James Russell Lowell. </em>These poets are recognized by the use of conventional poetic forms, rhythm, rhyme and meter. The themes that they explored were common in the 19th century - they wrote about hard work, honor, responsibility and paid attention to traditional values.
