Tradition, beliefs, religion, and family are what make us so distinct from one another.
The extended simile in the passage is: As when a circling wall the builder forms, Of strength defensive against wind and storms, Compacted stones the thickening work compose, and round him wide the rising structure grows.
A simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing from another thing of a different kind. It adds meaning to the text because it emphasizes the:
a. Strength of the wall - which is likened to being a barrier that can be used as protection from wind and storms.
b. Size of the structure - which was built with hours of hard work and construction materials that can withstand such great forces of war.
From the options given, the statement that best explains the given phrase is this: WEALTH MAKES PEOPLE VIRTUOUS. The reference made to the inability of an empty sack to stand upright also lends to this, because when a sack is filled up, it becomes easy for it to stand upright. That is to say, may a man has wealth, it's easy to be virtuous.
Answer:
b) Unacceptable
Explanation:
The given excerpt shows the text from the original source, enabling us to identify whether the student properly followed the formatting rules of Modern Language Association (MLA) style. The <u>in-text citation format</u> of the MLA style is enclosing the author's last name and the page number in open- and closed-parenthesis at the end of the text.
In the given prompt, the name of the author and the page number were provided. Also, the student copied from the text verbatim. Thus, he or she should have written the direct quotation as:
"There is no such thing as a literary work or tradition which is valuable in itself" (Eagleton 11).
Alternatively, the student could have introduced the name of the author before the direct quote:
Terry Eagleton presents an interesting view on the significance of value in literature, as he states, "There is no such thing as a literary work or tradition which is valuable in itself" (11).
Therefore, the student <u>unacceptably</u> cites the passage in MLA style.
