Answer:
1. The word 'tend' means 'disposed to', or 'frequently leads to' destruction.
2. He chose this subtitle for this section to explain how difficult it was for the French people to control the Vietnamese people.
3. Ruined means destruction.
4. The Vietnamese people were doing the ruining.
Explanation:
The article, "The Vietnam Wars," highlights the resistance put up by the Vietnamese people when other nations like the Chinese and French tried to subjugate them. In that section, the phrase, "Everything Tends to Ruin", was used by a French Military commander to summarize the frustration of the French people who tried to colonize the Vietnamese people.
The locals used their knowledge of the terrains to cause mayhem to their colonists. They resisted the schooling offered by the French people and rather embraced their culture. All ploys by the French colonists to subjugate them were met with resistance.
Answer:
Rereading helps you better understand the text and can possibly go through what you missed. While reading on can help you get more context and make connections on what you just read.
Dehydrated means to have lost a large amount of water from your body.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
Option A is a good conclusion for the editorial because it is hopeful and ends on a positive note. Option B would be completely counterproductive as it is a counterargument to the main point of the passage.
Option C is not correct because rhetorical questions are not accepted in editorials or other forms of formal writing. Option D does not work because it contains a basic and crudely drafted opinion along with a grammatical error.
A) Appears to contradict itself.
