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The word or phrase that best describes the political and religious atmosphere of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is "tumultuous" (D). During this period, the church was in a crisis. It was losing power and the European peasants were rising up against the way they were being treated by the church and the noblemen. The Reformation also moved the centre of power from the Roman Catholic Church to the German Lutheran church. Martin Luther was one of the leaders of the Reformation.
Answer:
similes
Explanation:
Because they are introduced by "as" and "like"
Clause Definition:
A part of a sentence that contains a verb.
( Basically it has to do with grammar.)
Answer: Syntax is related to the context of a sentence.
Explanation: Syntax is the arrangement (order) of the words that construct a sentence and it is essentially related to the grammatical function of each word. By knowing the basic syntax patterns used in English (e.g. Subject-verb-object), one can infer the specific meaning of a word in a sentence, and, conversely, incorrect syntax can disrupt such understanding and make the whole sentence confusing. Context does not play a role in syntax and is rather related to semantics.
