Answer:
The positive connotation of the word emphasizes how comfortable the speaker is holding his pen.
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist. He had a title of chieftain of Igbo tribe and wrote novels about its customs. That was portrayed as sophisticated, passed down through generations.
Westerners may mistaken them as ‘primitive and savage’. But Achebe showed Igbo people's rich cultural background through his narrations. Igbo proverbs, ‘the art of conversation", were frequently quoted in his novels.
The non-violent nature of Igbo was demonstrated by events like the peaceful agreement with the Mbaino tribe during a murder in Igbo by a Mbaino man.
<span>How Thoreau protested
Thoreau was thrown in jail for a night because he refused to pay the poll tax. This refusal was his way of protesting the government. His belief was that he did not want to support a government that supported a person being an "agent of injustice to another". In Thoreau's mind the people were being injustice towards slaves and slavery needed to be abolished. While he did speak out for the end of slavery, he also protested by refusing to pay the poll tax and was thus thrown in jail.
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Answer:
Amy showed me a picture of her new puppy. (“picture” = noun being described; “of” = preposition; “of her new puppy” = adjective phrase)
Explanation:
I hope this helps a little bit.
Answer and Explanation:
The text above presents a speaker who recognizes that he participates in physical activities and sports that can cause injuries, accidents and compromise his health, but the speaker shows that there are ways to avoid these problems, allowing him to enjoy the best that these activities can offer .
Then the narrator begins to show what he can do in each activity to help him avoid injuries and accidents, in addition, he shows alternative activities that he can do and that are safer.
