Sorry, I would need to see paragraph 1 to answer this.
Beowulf is described as "Lord of the Geats
The correct answer is C) Both poems acknowledge that war is painful and causes suffering. <em>War is kind</em> highlights on the how unjust war really is while <em>The Colored Soldiers</em> highlights how war can have positive outcomes. Both writings however are similar in that they acknowledge that war is both painful and causes suffering whether its is positive and/or unjust or not.
Answer:
the correct answer is a. ) the images of Trujillo portrayed him falsely.
Explanation:
the excerpt states that "never having seen him, my mother could not know the portrait was heavily retouched." which tells you that it wasn't a true to life picture of the dictator, and although the mother did daydream about meeting Trujillo, that is not the central idea of the paragraph. So the correct answer would be a. ) that the images of Trujillo portrayed him falsely.
Answer:
The pair of words that completes the analogy disparage:praise is:
ridicule:compliment
Explanation:
An analogy draws a relationship between two different things. <u>The pair provided for the analogy, disparage:praise, has a relationship of opposition. </u>"Disparage" means to downgrade, to deprecate, to present as not having much worth. On the other hand, "praise" means to express admiration for the worth or the qualities of something or someone.
<u>Among the options given, the one that has the same relationship of opposition is ridicule:compliment. "Ridicule" means to laugh at someone, showing contempt. "Compliment" means to congratulate someone.</u> Therefore, we can complete the analogy:
disparage:praise::ridicule:compliment
