PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? A Shakespeare didn’t need an extensive vocabulary to make his written work impressive, rather he used simple words in interesting and engaging ways. B Many rappers and hip hop artists take inspiration from Shakespeare because he was able to convey so much with so few words. C Shakespeare wasn’t the literary genius many believe him to be as many writers today prove to have a more advanced vocabulary. D It’s likely that many playwrights from Shakespeare’s time had a better grasp on the English language, but their work was never properly preserved.
Answer:
PART A
D It’s likely that many playwrights from Shakespeare’s time had a better grasp on the English language, but their work was never properly preserved.
PART B
According to the informational text "The Lure of Shakespeare" by Robert Butler, he discusses the career of celebrated playwright William Shakespeare and the skepticism behind the belief of whether Shakespeare was the actual author of his books.
Answer:
Pathos
Explanation:
It's because pathos represents an appeal to the emotions of an audience. The terms sympathy, pathetic, and empathy are derived from it.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominately in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables.
The poem "We Both Live in the Same Village" is from Rabindranath Tagore’s The Gardener, a collection of love poems.
Answer 1: In the poem, the speaker express his love for Ranjana using symbols from the natural environment of the village they live in. The symbolism emphasize the affection in phrases like: "The yellow bird sings in their tree and makes my heart dance with gladness", "Her pair of pet lambs come to graze near the shade of our garden"... The speaker feels happy because all the little things that link his life with the life of Ranjana.
Answer 2: The proximity between the speaker and Ranjana is evidenced by phrases like: "We both live in the same village and that is our one piece of joy", "Only one field lies between us", this two phrases make clear that they live close to each other, but also the speaker uses more symbolic references to also emphasizes their proximity: "Bees that have hived in our grove go to seek honey in theirs", "When their linseed is ripe for harvest, the hemp is in bloom in our field" (this means that the harvest time is the same for both of them), "The stars that smile on their cottage send us the same twinkling look" (also means that they are really close).
Answer: Civic engagement is seen by many as an activity that serves not only as a key component
to the maintenance of a democracy, but also as a force that sustains social ties across
communities small and large (Colby et al., 2000; Putnam, 1993; 2000). As defined by Thomas
Ehrlich, civic engagement can be understood as “…working to make a difference in the civic life
of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation
to make that difference…[and] promoting the quality of life in a community, through both
