I would say that the theme that Leo Tolstoy explores in this excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilyich is that C) human mortality is inevitable, and it is important to live an authentic life.
In the first excerpt it is this sentence:"It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, "Of course not," and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while."
Here we see that the author is really not comfortable with the question his daughter asked him and thus he lies to her. You can see the pain he feels in just one sentence and the horrors that are hidden behind. One day he may tell her but not then.
"They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore."
This sentence in the second excerpt show the unwillingness of the usually boastful people to talk about the war in detail. The author notices that they don't remember and it could potentially be that they wanted not to remember. Unconsciously they blocked the horrible things they had done and seen.
The rhetorical device being used in the
sentence above is parallelism.
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Parallelism uses words and phrases identical in
structure. As in the sentence, “<span>They have chained, bound, and gagged our freedom”,
uses the same form of the verb which is in past tense.</span></span>
Answer:
<h3>Answer to the I Am heavy Forward, But Backward I'm not is a Ton. A ton is 2,000 lbs. That’s heavy. The word ton backwards is literally the word not (n-o-t).</h3>
Diction- Word choices made for tone and clarity (E)
- Diction is a writer's unique style of writing, especially his word choice or order
Transitions- Words that connect ideas and paragraphs (B)
- Some examples of transitions include and, in addition, next, last, etc...
Unity- Staying on topic in an essay or paragraph (A)
- Your ideas should be united, or on the same topic, to make sure your essay flows well. It wouldn't make sense if you jumped around from topic to topic.
Usage- Correctness of phrases and clauses (C)
- You need to make sure that you <u>use</u> correct phrases and clauses for your writing to make sense.
Syntax- The order of words in a sentence (D)
- There are three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
