Since you didn't provide the excerpt, I am going to assume that the answer you need is 'hearken'.
Answer: Markus Andersen
Deep within the rich blacks and glaring shafts of light, we find the city of Sydney as an abstracted backdrop for fragile human presence, a chaotic stage of ceaseless development and consumerism, tempered by the photographer’s intimate touch.
Explanation:
The awnser is be semi true means that some of it is true. The statement might be partly true. And semi means half.
I found more information on this word.
- "The statement might be partly true, the statement may be totally true but only part of the whole truth, or it may use some deceptive element, such as improper punctuation, or double meaning, especially if the intent is to deceive, evade, blame or misrepresent the truth."
- "Semi- is a numerical prefix meaning "half" The prefix alone is often used as an abbreviation when the rest of the word (the thing which half of is being described) is clear from context."
Answer: he’s speaking in first person so we know that he is talking about his own personal life.
Explanation: the author is explaining some of his younger life. Explaining his feelings on what he’s talking about and what he had done