Answer:
B. In the absence of surprise, a witty remark loses much of its humorous effect.
Explanation:
Answer B
Correct. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that “merriment” (amusement) can be produced only by “a sudden impression,” that is, a surprise. In the second sentence of the paragraph, the author advances that claim by using the clause “which is expected” to assert that jests (witty remarks) lacking such an element of surprise (because the audience is expecting them) lose much of their humor and are thus effectively “already destroyed.”
Answer:
Grendel arrives and rips open the door of the mead–hall is the answer.
Explanation:
The excerpt belongs to Beowulf, an epic poem written in Ancient English, it is one of the most important poems in Old English. In this particular, this passage belongs to the twelfth section of the poem and it describes how Grendel furiously arrives to the place where Beowulf and his men had been waiting for a long time.
B is correct answer.
Couplet is a rhyming words from at the end of 2 consecutive lines.
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-Charlie
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Lady is the common noun
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Bradford's diction by feeling happy then sad , his thoughts what is on his mind, where is mind at.
