This question is about "The Monkey’s Paw"
Answer:
To emphasize the mystical power of the rabbit's paw, as there are many legends about animals and mysticism in India.
Explanation:
India is a land with many legends and many stories involving mysticism and animals. This was built mainly due to the cultural and religious characteristics of India that ended up creating a stereotype about the "magical" objects that are created there. Thus, when the author places the Whites visitor as a military man who was in India and brought with him a magical object, the author imposes credibility on that object and on the visitor's words.
Answer:
<em><u>Although</u></em> she was tired, she read until midnight.
Explanation:
The word "although" is a subordinating conjunction that presents a dependent clause. It is used to present a statement that contrasts the main idea of the sentence, introducing the dependent clause to complete the information of the independent clause.
So, the given sentence<em> "_______ she was tired, she read until midnight"</em> presents two contrasting yet connected sentences. While <em>"____ she was tired"</em> presents the contrast in the final clause<em> "she read until midnight"</em>, using "although" will complete the whole sentence.
Thus, the final sentence will be "<u>Although</u> she was tired, she read until midnight."
Answer: D
The first passage presents factual information about the Mississippi River, while the second passage simply uses the Mississippi River for plot points and setting.
Meaning of the poem "The Book of Songs"
Explanation:
The Book of Songs is a Classical Chinese poem. The repetition helps us to know the clear situation of the poet and also we can able to understand the emotions of the poet. These lines from the poem tell about a man in the middle of the river on his boat.
His boat was made up of Cypress wood and it was unsteady in the middle of the river. He was praising his boat as a comrade, a soldier and more like a friend and he says that his boat was his love until death. But he had fluctuating intentions on his boat because it is now unstable in the middle of the river.
