Humanity's early fire-starting tools may have been dangerous because in the text is says,<span> "It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions." This is dangerous because it would spew fire in all directions and if you think about it, the fire would hit something and then that thing would catch on fire. Lets say you were using the match inside your house. When you strike the match, a spark flies onto the wood floor and your house goes up in flames and you are stuck inside the house with no exit or escape. This may or may not happen, but because of the fire not being contained, there was a chance that you would be harmed.</span>
POINT OF VIEW · The narrator speaks in the first person, noting his observations of the war and his brother's involvement
TONE · Matter-of-fact; conversational; sometimes childish
TENSE · Past
SETTING (TIME) · 1775–1779; epilogue, 1826
SETTING (PLACE)<span> · Redding, Connecticut and nearby areas
</span>TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN<span> · Early 1970s, United States
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the answer is d. Last but not the least, be true to yourself.
Answer:
A). It is odd that war should ever be viewed as an adventurous expedition.
Explanation:
Paradox is demonstrated as the literary device in which the author presents a statement that is self-contradictory or incongruous juxtaposition of ideas which captures the readers' attention and reveal a latent truth.
As per the question, option A i.e. 'it is odd that war should ever be viewed as an adventurous expedition' most appropriately elaborates the use of paradox in the given excerpt. The author <u>incongruously juxtaposes the conventional idea of war by presenting it as an 'adventurous expedition' which eventually turn into an 'exhaustion and war of attrition' </u>to highlight the serious concern that 'the causes for the war dampens over time and gradually all that is significant is staying alive'('no cause other than our own survival'). Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
The sentence <em>After I put away the dishes, I did some laundry </em>is a complex sentence, because it consists of one independent clause (I did some laundry) and one dependent/subordinate clause (after I put away the dishes).
