Answer: Mao Zedong’s speech intended to explore three main ideas which were the concept of death, any action that was taken in the revolution is valid and every people had to support the revolution. And the figurative language that he used, was to explore some metaphors such as Battalions which are the Communist Party, Eighth Route, and New Fourth Armies. He also used the words feathers or Mount Tain to talk about the death of some people.
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What do the following lines from the passage mainly reveal about Lizabeth?
"Suddenly I was ashamed, and I did not like being ashamed. The child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that I had led."
A. Lizabeth knows she is maturing because she is aware of the consequences of her actions.
B. Lizabeth wishes that she and the neighborhood kids had gotten the chance to kill all of Miss Lottie’s marigolds.
C. Getting older meant that now Lizabeth realizes what poverty her family lives in.
D. Lizabeth feels more like a woman because she is bored by summer and ready to go back to school.
Answer:
The correct answer is A. Lizabeth knows she is maturing because she is aware of the consequences of her actions.
Explanation:
"Marigolds" is a short story by author Eugenia Collier. The main character is Lizabeth, a 14-year-old girl who lives in a very poor neighborhood during the Great Depression. After leading an attack to Miss Lottie's garden of marigolds - the only beautiful thing to be seen in the neighborhood - in which she and other kids threw stones at the flowers and called Miss Lottie a "witch", Lizabeth suddenly feels bad. <u>She has never felt guilty about acting that way before. However, she is growing and maturing, finally crossing the bridge between childhood and womanhood. She can now understand her actions have consequences. She can also empathize, understand how other people feel.</u> The whole short story focuses on Lizabeth's changing her perception of life, the world, her family, and herself.
Answer:
It explains that the media reports on violence because it is what people want to see, even though some statistics suggest the world is becoming less violent.
Explanation:
An intransitive verb doesn't require a direct object. A cannot be correct because, Ian sharpened what? His hockey skates. So that is the direct object, therefore the verb is transitive. C and D are the same case.
The correct answer is B, because the verb is intransitive as it doesn't need an object. You cannot answer - Carla skates what? No, it is just Carla skates.
