By 'author of the essay reading Shakespeare' do you mean us readers?
As, I'm currently doing right try and read classical novels like 'How to kill a mockingbird'. There's no need to rush if it's the first time reading, the more you read (or few of classicals) you will kind off get what the author is making the character speaking. Also understanding the aspect of the story. :)
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earlier i was concerned about your crucial expression
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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 connotative meaning of the word “trunk” in the poem is “a container”. In the poem “<em>Verses Upon the Burning of our House</em>” by Anne Bradstreet (1666), the author expresses the traumatic <u>loss of her home and her possessions</u>. After awakening to the tragic event, she goes outside and watches her house and possessions burning down. Once the fire has been put out, she mourns for the physical items destroyed: the <em>trunk </em>and the <em>chest</em>, everything she “<em>counted best</em>”; her “<em>pleasant things</em>”.
Instant zone: things that don't matter; latest clothes & gadgets, overspending, chips & candy and social media. Lasting zone: things that matter; Helping others, saving money, working out, eating vegetables, drinking water, studying, volunteering, balanced social time, start a business and regular sleep.
