The abreviation after a word in a dictionary tell you what part of speech the word is. Such as noun (n), pronoun (pron), adjective (adj), adverb (adv), verb (vb), conjunction (conj), preposition (prep), or interjection (interj).
Ode to Autumn is an unconventional appreciation of the autumn season. John Keats personified the season of autumn as a young maiden where i<span>t is understood that maturity and ripeness as one with the old age </span><span>when he mentioned it in this line:
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! / Close bosom friend of the maturing sun".
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<u>Answer:</u>
The answer is option ‘A’. The sentence 'be careful not to wake the sleeping baby' has a participle in it.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the participle phrase 'sleeping baby’, 'sleeping' is the participle formed from the verb ‘sleep’ and acting as an adjective describing the baby. A participle is a word formed from a verb and acts as an adjective.
There are three kinds of participle:
Present participle formed by adding –ing to the verb. For example, the laughing girl , smiling child, etc,
Past participle is formed by adding –ed , -en , -d , -t or -n. It is third form of the verb. For example, colored castle, Sunken face, etc,
Perfect participles are formed by joining ‘having’ with ‘past participle’. For example, having said
, having stated, etc,
Answer: they want to always be together.
Explanation:
Answer:
C) One passage provides objective economic data about the river while the other tells the story of two boys adventuring on its water.
Explanation:
The main idea of Mary O'Dell's passage is to present the Mississippi river as an important resource which was used for development of river transport, thus
contributing to the nation's economic growth.
Twain's passage, although also mentioning Mississippi, does so only to give his story a setting, a place for adventures of the two wannabe pirates.
So, the basic contrast between two passages is best described in answer C.
