The denotative meaning of peculiar is "belonging to one person." The connotative meaning of this word kind of has a negative feeling. In the second sentence,<span> the connotative meaning is slightly more positive than the first statement, although it still seems a bit negative. I think that connotative meanings help establish a meaningful tone in any text because they give </span>of<span> the feeling of if they are negative or positive which in turn helps the readers understand the tone of the overall story. </span>
Gender stereotypes have became less popular but are still around today. In the 1900's, women were not aloud to vote, were expected to take care of the children, and still have food on the table when the husbands got home from work. Today, we are more separated with toys and clothing. Boys are supposed to be more into cars and video games. While girls are supposed to be into makeup and dolls.
Answer:
C. He stood up
Explanation:
An independent clause is a statement that can stand alone and still make sense. Out of all the answer choices given, only 'C' expresses a complete thought as it contains a subject and a verb. The subject being 'he' and the verb 'stood up.' In addition, looking at the other choices can easily be seen that they don't really make any sense when read aloud, since it does not depict a complete thought.
1. quality, texture of information
2. leisure
3. and the freedom to act on what they have learned
Answer:
The comparison Angelou is making with the metaphors of bed as cooling board and blanket as winding sheet is burial preparations for after death
Explanation:
The question is not complete since it does not provide the excerpt, here is the complete question:
During the picking season my grandmother would get out of bed at four o'clock and creak down to her knees and chant in a sleep-filled voice, "our father, you for letting me see this new day. you that you didn't allow the bed I lay on last night to be my cooling board, nor my blanket my winding sheet." in this excerpt use context clues to identify what comparison Angelou is making with the metaphors of bed as cooling board and blanket as winding sheet.
* bed linens at a resort
* a rack for hot food and a dish towel
* burial preparations for after death
* ironing equipment
These lines describe how the character's grandmother is grateful to good to be alive one more day, and she prays to him after having open her eyes another morning, the words cooling board and winding-sheet refer to the place where the body would rest after death, being the body and the coffin a cold since there is no life in there anymore, and the winding-sheet is the one that it is used to wrapped corpses to burial.