Answer:
D: a warship fires at the land, even though there is nothing there to shoot.
Explanation:
"Heart of Darkness" (1899) is Joseph Conrad's masterpiece novel. The major themes of the novel are imperialism, colonialism, and racism.
There are many examples of colonials ineffectiveness throughout the novel. The selected option is just one instance. Another famous one is in the leveling of the cliff for no apparent purpose. The narrator satirizes that may be it was just for philanthropic purpose of keeping the slaves busy. A pointless attempt to extinguish a burning grass hut is one more such example to show colonials inefficiency in Africa.
Answer:
Absolute
Prepositional
Participial
Explanation:
A subordinate CLAUSE (not phrase) contains a subject and verb, is introduced by a conjunction, and supports the main clause.
An absolute phrase combines a noun and a participle. (e.g. shining stars, crossed arms)
A prepositional phrase is a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object. (on the table, beside the stairs)
A participial phrase will begin with a present or past participle and will always function as an adjective, describing a nearby noun or pronoun.
(e.g. PUTTING ON HER BOOTS, she trudged into the snow.)
C.
since it does not use proper punctuation to combine to thoughts
Answer:
My eyes couldn’t focus, my contacts dried out. It wasn’t his turn, but I asked Jackson to take over driving so that I could rest.
Explanation:
If you want to combine the two sentences use a ; but if you need to split the sentences into to use periods.
