Poetry
<span>–noun </span>
<span>1. </span>
<span>the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. </span>
<span>2. </span>
<span>literary work in metrical form; verse. </span>
<span>3. </span>
<span>prose with poetic qualities. </span>
<span>4. </span>
<span>poetic qualities however manifested: the poetry of simple acts and things. </span>
<span>5. </span>
<span>poetic spirit or feeling: The pianist played the prelude with poetry. </span>
<span>6. </span>
<span>something suggestive of or likened to poetry: the pure poetry of a beautiful view on a clear day. </span>
<span>Automobile </span>
<span>–noun </span>
<span>1. </span>
<span>a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine. </span>
<span>Exposition </span>
<span>-noun </span>
<span>(in a play, novel, etc.) dialogue, description, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation. </span>
<span>Are you sure you meant automobile? it doesn't really fit with these literary words.</span>
The excerpt from "The Odyssey" that the passage is paraphrasing is "Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I..."
<h3>What is a paraphrase?</h3>
A paraphrase is a restatement of another text but with different words. Suppose you read a paragraph and decides to rewrite all the information in it, but with different words that the original. That is a paraphrase.
Here, we are looking for the excerpt that matches a paraphrase. Let's compare:
- Although I was sad to see my mother's dead ghost, I didn't speak with her because I needed to talk to a different ghost.
- Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Teiresias.
As we can see, the first excerpt paraphrases the second one. It rewords the information provided in the original excerpt, making it simpler to understand.
The complete question with the paraphrase and the missing answer choices is the following:
Although I was sad to see my mother's dead ghost, I didn't speak with her because I needed to talk to a different ghost.
Which excerpt from "The Odyssey" - Teiresais is this paraphrasing?
- Now came the soul of Antikleia, dead, my mother, daughter of Autolykos, dead now, though living still when I took ship for holy Troy.
- Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Teiresias.
- Soon from the dark that prince of Thebes came forward bearing a golden staff; and he addressed me Great captain, a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek. But anguish lies ahead.
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Answer:
The use of commas was incorrect.
Explanation:
The use was incomplete. There need to be more commas to separate nouns in a group, like this:
- Winter, spring, summer, and fall are all beautiful when you live in southern California.
- Lena's favorite sports are tennis, swimming, and soccer.
- Steve, Marco, and Harvey went to the library.
- I went to the post office, the pharmacy, and the grocery store.
