Gilgamesh was considered a hero because he had many great qualities, such as loyalty, perseverance, and heroism. Although these are heroic traits, he also had his flaws and was self-righteous, selfish, and prideful. Gilgamesh was a great man and was seen as flawless and “perfect in strength”
Snickers- disrespectful laugh, Snares- to catch something (animal), Complexion- the skin and features of face, Confide-to tell someone something private, Benefit- a gained advantage, Volume- a publication (as a book) & Bother- to take the time to do something :) you’re welcome!
Answer:
B. Oftentimes, our family travels to monuments and museums.
Explanation:
Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory words are placed in the same sentence. These contradictory or opposite ideas bring a literary effect and helps the writer present the ideas more exclusively.
The sentence in option (b) presents an example of an oxymoron. The words that present the opposite or contradicting ideas are 'often' and 'times'. The family here travels to monuments and museums 'oftentimes' that brings the meaning of 'often' and 'times'.
The correct answer would be option b. of a lifetime of strengthening of the bigram detectors for common english letter pairs.
When learning native or a second language, the rules of structures of words are formed like chunks or bigram detectors that indicate some common English letter pairs patterns. When it is stated that Betty misread the string of letters in a way that follows the rules of common English, it is because of the chunks already formed in her brain that tries to fit the letters together in a structure that would make some sense.
