Read these lines from the excerpt again: Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there h
ad been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse. However, this time he was really interested for a little while. The minister made a grand and moving picture of the assembling together of the world's hosts at the millennium when the lion and the lamb should lie down together and a little child should lead them. Which word from the excerpt helps define discourse?
Which word from the excerpt helps define discourse? Picture/Pages/Sermon/Interested
The word from the excerpt that helps define discourse is “Sermon”. The sermon works here as a type of discourse to be defined and it describes some characteristics of it: it can create interest through verbal “pictures”.
Discourse is the act of communication where words and actions are used. It signifies the very act of being in discussion/ debate with others about any topic or issue.
Considering the given passage, the most likely meaning of the word "discourse" can be sermon. This is because the speaker s talking about Tom who attended a church congregation. And in this process, he was referring to the very act of being in communication/ active participation with the rest of the congregating members. So, when the speaker states "<em>he seldom knew anything else about the discourse</em>", he means that Tom hardly knew anything else about the sermon.
Informative, use the information for each year in a separate paragraph. ex: "five years ago this amount if money was spent in snack food... this amount was spent on entertainment."
