The answer is: rhetorical question.
Rhetorical questions are questions which do not expect an answer. They may not have an answer or it might be too apparent. As a consequence, the speaker intends to make a point and make the audience reflect on something. In the excerpt, the author is determined to cause readers to contemplate on the limitations and the meaning of enlightenment.
In the opening scene of Act II, Polonius wants Reynaldo to check on Laertes's conduct by going to France, and then spreading false slanders about Laertes around the town where Laertes attends college. Polonius then tell Reynaldo that if the people around town recognize the slanders that Reynaldo has been spreading about Laertes, then that means that Laertes has been acting poorly. However, if the people around town do not recognize the slanders that Reynaldo has been spreading about Laertes, then that means that Laertes has been acting well.
Despite what else may have occurred within the story up to
that point, this excerpt provides insight into the characteristics of the
narrator. With the terms “earnest
endeavors,” it is revealed that the narrator is making sincere efforts to
alleviate the friend’s sadness. What
this means, thus, is that the narrator can be seen in this light as a true,
caring friend whose actions are without ulterior motives.
Answer:
This answer appears to be incomplete and I couldn't find it online, but it must be completed with a conditional. I will give you an example of how both sentences can be completed and then an explanation so that you can understand it.
Explanation:
1.If I were a teacher, I would teach English.
2.If I could live anywhere, I would live near the beach.
Conditionals are expressions or phrases that we use in our day to day. These serve to express that something happens if something else happens before, this means that one action is subject to and depends on the other.
To start you should know what are the 4 different types of conditionals, these are the following:
- Zero conditional: We will form this conditional as follows:
If clause / Conditional clause - present simple
Result clause - present simple
- First conditional: If clause / Conditional clause - present simple
Result clause - Future simple
- Second conditional: If clause / Conditional clause - past simple
Result clause - would + verb
- Third conditional: If clause / Conditional clause - past perfect
Result clause - would have + past participle
