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b) a poem she published in a paper
Answer: Elements that make "Walden" a memoir:
<u><em>- It is told from a first-person point of view.</em></u>
<u><em>- It focuses on an important experience.</em></u>
<u><em>- It provides information about the author's life.</em></u>
Explanation:
Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is a memoir, because it's about his very <em><u>personal experience of living close to nature</u></em>, <em><u>leading a simple lifestyle</u></em> in the cabin he built and <em><u>his reflections</u></em> on this experience.
It's an account of <em>t</em><em><u>he author's personal point of view</u></em> and it's told from <u>a first-person point of view. </u>
The other explanations do not match the definition of a memoir, because <em>taking place over a short period of time does not necessarily make it a memoir</em> (so could a novel or a short story), <em>containing primarily transcendental ideas does not make it a memoir (</em>so could other types of text as well) and <em>emphasizing studying nature </em>doesn't mean it's personal (so could a descriptive text).
An infinitive composes the words "to" plus the "simple verb". Infinitives can be used as nouns, adjectives or even adverbs. In the given sentence above, the part of the sentence that contains an infinitive is, "to enrich". The infinitive "to enrich" is used as an adverb in the sentence modifying the verb
"decided".
This we know: The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.