Satire often takes the form of exaggeration and irony.
TO add, satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or
ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in
the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
The option that best explains the narrator's decision is:
"Mr. Mathews’ interest in science and in the narrator" (Option A)
<h3>Who is the narrator?</h3>
A narrator is a person through whose perspective a story is told. In literature, there are several types of narrators. They are:
- First-person narrator
- Second-person narrator
- Third-person narrator
- Objective narrator
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According to The Elements of Style, the correct way to punctuate this sentence is, Conservationists are considering urban runoff, and they are tracking population growth, but the magnitude of the situation has not been determined.
Answer: Option C.
Explanation:
Punctuations are the marks such as comma, semicolon, exclamation that we use while writing. Punctuation helps to give a clear meaning to the sentence. ‘The Elements of style’ is a book written by William Strunk which describes the proper way of writing style.
From the sentences given below, the correct way to punctuate this sentence is, ‘Conservationists are considering urban runoff, and they are tracking population growth, but the magnitude of the situation has not been determined.’ Here we can see that after the dangler is separated with a comma. Apart from this in the first line, two ideas are being discussed which is further separated by adding comma thus making a sentence readable.
Answer:
B. Moctezuma demanded tributes and victimized his people.
Explanation:
From the passage, we discover that his people resented to his demands for tribute and victims of the religious sacrifices. Such resentment from his people weakened his conquest.
When any people are against their rulers, it is difficult for such ruler to enjoy freedom and exercise his authority. I believe this played out when the people began resenting Moctezuma.
He demanded tributes and victimized the people but that worked against him and made him a prisoner in his own palace.
I believe it is dry because of the word desert and deserts are dry. Acrid also means in the dictionary bitter or harsh.
