<span>1. Mary Todd Lincoln's life was marked by three traumatic episodes: the deaths of sons Willie and Tad and the assassination of her husband, the president.
</span><span>2. Most wildflowers are transient they wilt soon after they are picked.
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3. Years of drought in north central Africa have created a (n) aberration of refugees numbering in the thousands.
4. A transitive verb carries action from the doer to the receiver, as in "The batter smacked the ball."
5. Newspapers published a (n) obituary of Emperor Hirohito of Japan the day after his death in 1989.
<span>6. In spite of its name, the French Quarter of New Orleans retains a Spanish colonial ambience for the years it belonged to Spain.</span>
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Due to the unfavourable conditions peasants are exposed to, they easily grasp the harsh realities of life such as death. Also, in their community they learned to care for one another because they have one another's back, unlike the bourgeoisie/ educated elites who only care about themselves and keeping to their social levels. For such people around Ivan, his illness and impending death has become bothersome, and he realized the superficiality of that society.
The word used for such statements as described here is sensationalist.
Explanation:
Sensationalist statements are those that are designed to gauge reactions out of people and not necessarily raise the level of, or contribute onto any meaningful discussion in any way.
The statement has no semblance of facts to back it up and is often very exaggerated form of a truth that has been convoluted beyond its sense so it serves only to rile people up and not to make them discuss things.
It is often used in rhetoric to drive the points away from discussion and make speeches out of debates.
Answer:
D. Verb
Explanation:
Gerunds are the same in form as participles except they take the form of nouns.
frozen-
past participle of freeze
gather-come together; assemble or accumulate.
