In my opinion, the correct answer is <span>C) "Could frame thy fearful symmetry". In the other examples, the alliterated consonants are plosives (B, D, T). Whereas they provide rhythm and chantlike experience, they are not as mystical as the "F" that is being alliterated in the C. line.</span>
Answer:
"A metaphor is a figure of speech that pulls comparisons between two unrelated ideas." - Masooma Memon
For example: His words cut deeper than a knife.
It's different from a simile because a simile usually uses "like" or "as" instead of just being more... straightforward about it (if that's the right way to describe it) like metaphors do. Metaphors say that two things are similar not literally, but figuratively and poetically.
Example of simile: You are like a summer's day.
If this was said like a metaphor, it'd be: You are a summer's day.
Those pilots are fantastic.
Those zoo keepers are cleaning the lion cage.
This police officer runs very fast.
That teacher sings very well.
Listen to those guitarists!
This question is about the short story "The Monkey's Paw," by W. W. Jacobs.
Answer and Explanation:
Mr. White and his family are visited by a friend, a sergeant, who has been to India, where he obtained a mummified monkey's paw. According to him, the paw has been enchanted by a fakir and it can grant three wishes to three different people. He says he has already used his, and that another man has also used his wishes, the last wish being for his own death. He warns the Whites that paw is dangerous, and that its purpose is to show we should not interfere with fate.
Mr. White's first wish is for 200 pounds to pay a debt. He does receive the money, but only because he son dies in an accident at the factory where he works. Devastated, Mrs. White demands that her husband wish for their son to return. He eventually concedes and makes the wish. They soon begin to hear someone insistently knocking at their door.
Mr. White is sure it is their son outside. However, he does not want his wife to see his maimed body - their son's body was caught in a machinery at work. Desperate, he grabs the paw and makes a third wish.
What was Mr. White's third wish? How do you know that it came true?
<u>The narrator does not tell us what the wish was, but we can infer it from the context. Once Mr. White makes the wish, the knocking stops, and they open the door to find a deserted street. We can safely assume he wished for his son to go away, probably forever. And we know it came true because the knocking stops quickly afterwards and, even though the couple rushes to the door, there is no one outside. If it were just a a visitor or a passerby, he would have had no time to disappear like that.</u>
Answer: C) To sum it up, it is important to buy and maintain a Go Bag to ensure you have the necessities to make it through a natural disaster.
Explanation:
Sentence C is the best concluding statement. It sums up the central idea of the text - that you should get a Go Bag, and reminds the readers of the reasons why it is necessary. All the other sentences are not appropriate concluding sentences. For instance, instead of summing up the central idea, sentence B and D introduce new information, which is not typically done in concluding sentences. Sentence B introduces the idea of fire drills, while sentence D lists the items to pack for a beach trip. Sentence A serves more as an instruction, and does not support the information presented.
