Option A answers the text best.
Oscar Wilde wants to do besides being a playwright and poet, to promote beauty through the aesthetic movement whose lider was himself. He worked at <span>Lady's World fashion magazine.</span>
What strategy lies behind the use of this quotation? B. Using a quotation by this respected president would link Jordan's words to the much revered President Lincoln's words in the minds of the listeners, giving her credibility. The quotation gives her speech validity.
(...) Well I am going to close my speech by quoting a Republican President and I ask you that as you listen to these words of Abraham Lincoln, relate them to the concept of a national community in which every last one of us participates:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master." This -- This -- "This expresses my idea of Democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no Democracy."
<em>Barbara Jordan was a politician (feminist) and leader of the black civil rights movement in the United States.</em>
Answer:
According to structure, this sentence is a COMPLEX SENTENCE.
According to function, this sentence is a DECLARATIVE SENTENCE.
Explanation:
This is a COMPLEX SENTENCE.
- A complex sentence has one or more dependent clauses.
This is because the thought is complete. It has a subject and a predicate (the action or information about the subject). "The students are studying."
- Due to the subordinating conjunctions, a dependent clause has both a subject and a predicate (before, although, since, when). "Because he is unprepared."
With the most votes, he garnered only 40% of the popular vote. It has one dependent clause and one independent clause.
- Although he garnered the most votes,
He received around 40% of the vote.
This is a DECLARATIVE SENTENCE.
Statements are declarative. It's punctuated.
When a period finishes a declarative sentence, these criteria are met.
The voice is how a person expresses their idea in words. In this case, the voice was first written with an informal voice, while they are asked to change to formal.
