An analogy compares two things to show the similarities. We know how huge of an impact the printing press had during the Renaissance--all of a sudden it was much easier to get things printed, which made more people want to learn how to read. Before the printing press, only super rich people knew how to read because it was not important for lower classes to know--many things were spoken outloud as a way to give and get information. With the printing press, more people could get their hands on books or papers, which encouraged more people to learn how to read.
Computers have had a similar impact, which is why this is an analogy. Computers help more people get more information, because it is so much easier and faster to write things down, print them out, and send them. The same way the printing press helped information reach more people, computers do as much in this century to help more people get information faster and easier.
Answers: 1. When things go wrong, Carl tends to brood for hours and to blame others. 3. The school was closed not only because of the snow and ice but also because of the lack of heat. 4. The ice was a greater problem for the electrical power company than for the natural gas company.
Explanation:
Parallel structures in sentences consist of the repetition of a grammatical pattern. This makes sentences have grammatical consistency and flow naturally. Below, I analyze each of the sentences:
1. When things go wrong... This sentence shows parallelism because the elements "to blame others" and "to brood for hours" have the same grammatical structure ( to + verb.)
2. After watching some Tv... This sentence lacks parallelism because the first verbs are in -ing form but the last one "read" does not follow this pattern.
3. The school was closed... This sentence uses parallel structure because it includes the expressions not only/but also (correlative conjunctions) that show grammatical consistency.
4. The ice was a greater problem... This sentence uses the preposition "for" to introduce two different details, which shows a parallel structure.
This quote describes the way in which the Nazis operated during the Third Reich. The quote comes from the German pastor Martin Niemöller, and talks about the cowardice and individualism that the pastor observed during these years.
The "they" that the poem refers to is the Nazis, while those who did not "speak out" were the people that were not persecuted. The quote tells us that many people did not feel compelled to help others because they were not in the same social group. However, this also meant that no one helped them when they ended up being in the targeted group.
