Irony is a figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning or a situation is contradictory to what one would expect. So the answer would be C.
Answer:
The oppression and segregation imposed upon African Americans.
Explanation:
In his letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower dated May 13, 1958, Jack Roosevelt Robinson wrote of how it is hard for them to "<em>have self-respect and remain patient</em>". He admits that considering the "treatment" that his people, the African Americans in America have experienced and gone through, he believes it is hard for them to be patient and have "self-respect".
Jackie Robinson was a professional baseball player who played in the Major League Baseball (MLB). His letter to the then president shows his impatience against the former's interest regarding the cause of the Black community. Robinson would alter on become a huge propagator for the civil rights movement and be involved in the fight for the rights of the black people. By admitting that the president's advise to be patient and have self control can no longer be enough to calm the unrest that is evidently arising out of the oppression and racial segregation that his people had experienced and made to endure.
Answer:
interrupted by a shuddering cry
Explanation:
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The vES ending should be added to nouns that end in -f or -fe in their singular form. In that case, the -f or -fe is removed and -ves is added as a plural ending. Examples include: life - lives, wife - wives, knife - knives, wolf - wolves, leaf - leaves. But there are also exceptions, such as belief - beliefs, cliff - cliffs, roof - roofs.
Answer:
1. An image.
2. Richard Tottle.
3. Concrete.
4. Sonnet.
5. Sir Philip Sidney.
6. Edmund Spencer.
7. Archaic.
8. The Dark Lady.
9. Sir Frances Bacon.
Explanation:
1. An image: a word picture. It is graphical representation or illustration of something such as people, place, animal, plants, etc.
2. Richard Tottle: responsible for the first collection of songs and lyrics in England. He was an English publisher who had a shop at Temple bar in London, United Kingdom.
3. Concrete: something that can be perceived by the senses. It simply a things that is capable of being acknowledged by any of the five sense organs such as eyes, nose, tongue, etc.
4. Sonnet: means little song in Italian. It comprises of 14 lines with five-foot iambics.
5. Sir Philip Sidney: wrote Italian sonnet
6. Edmund Spencer: The Faerie Queen.
7. Archaic: belonging to an earlier period, outdated.
8. The Dark Lady: subject of Shakespeare's sonnets
9. Sir Frances Bacon: famous writer of interludes.
