1. The Puritans closed the theatres.
2. The Puritans were disliked due to their mentality and writers wrote satirical parodies about their attitude.
3. The Puritans attacked churches and won civil wars.
Explanation:
The Puritans attacked the church against corruption. They found it unacceptable to find their positions falling to the Catholics.
Queen Elizabeth did not allow religious arguments to avoid disputes. The Puritans were unable to adopt Calvinist prayer book. They were unable to follow Puritan freedom of conscience due to Church bureaucracy. They were disappointed and led to legal disputes and wars.
The Puritans were against theatres and hence closed them all. They did not allow stage plays and disliked by many writers and actors. Many parodies were written about their mentality by the writers. Shakespeare's play <em>'Twelfth Night'</em> had a Puritan character in it named 'Malvolio'.
Alliteration is when likes repeat the first letter or sound. An example would be:
Alice always asks for a drink.
The words "Alice," "always," and "asks" all begin with the letter a.
This question is missing the excerpt and one of the options. I've found the excerpt and the missing option online. It is as follows:
Read the excerpt from Enrique's Journey.
Moreover, the Mara Salvatrucha street gangsters, some deported from Los Angeles, always <u>prowl </u>the train tops looking for sleepers. Many MS gangsters settle in Chiapas after committing crimes in the United States and being expelled to their home countries in Central America. The police in Chiapas are more forgiving of gangs than those in El Salvador or Honduras.
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E. It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.
Answer:
The meaning of the underlined word, prowl, support the author's purpose in this excerpt because:
C. It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
E. It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.
Explanation:
The verb to prowl refers to someone moving around stealthily with the purpose of finding a prey. When the author chose that verb to describe the way the gangsters act, she wanted to convey the idea that they prey on other people, that they are involved in crimes. Gangsters look for vulnerable people on train tops, according to the excerpt, certainly with the purpose of robbing them. It is as if they are predators, prowling around a forest to find their prey.
A, since the dedication is talking about her retirement, most would wonder what she would be doing next. B and C are both unrelated, and quite rude for that matter, which would change the whole message of the dedication. I wouldn’t pick D, because for that one to be right, the dedication would talk more about everything she has done during her time teaching.
