Twain arranges the story “Life on the Mississippi” in a biographical order.
“Life on the Mississippi” recounts the life of Mark Twain when he was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi River. The memoir also gives us a glimpse of how society lived during that era.
Context clues are used to (option 1) <span>Decipher the meaning of an unknown word.
When you do not know the meaning of a word, it is possible to look at what comes before and after it, the surroundings which are going to give you context clues to infer the meaning. there are 6 types of context clue, for example, root words and affix, contrast, logic, definition, etc. </span>
Answer:
A.The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.", the author writes about Barbara sitting close to her attic window to show that her heart was loyal and then on the other couptet, the author describes Jackson as a "rebel", riding ahead.
The best description of the rhyming couplets in the excerpt is: The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.
Answer:
B. a sudden movement of people as intense as the storm.
In lines 29-34 Shylock gives his reason.
"Yes, to smell pork; to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarrite, conjured the devil onto! I will buy with you, sell with you talk with you, walk with you and so following; but I will not eat with you, nor pray with you."
Shylock's reasons are to do with his own religious beliefs.
