Summary of 'A Modest Proposal'
He argues that children could be sold into a meat market as early as the age of one, giving poor families some much needed income, while sparing them the expenses of raising so many children.
Answer:
The Dictionary Definition is the straight-forward answer, while the context clue is the definition from ones' own words.
Explanation:
To further explain this, The definition(s) from the Dictionary are a more "higher-up" explanation of a word. But for a context clue, you're looking at the different connotations of the words around the one single word trying to be defined. It's more of an educated guess than anything else.
I hope this helps, and that you understand what I mean haha.
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Answer:
B. Metaphor
Explanation:
A metaphor states that one thing is another thing. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
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Thoreau moved to the woods of Walden Pond to learn to live deliberately. ... I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
21. b
22. c
23. a
24. a
25. c
26. d
27. b
28. c
29. a
30. b
31. b
32. d
33. a
34. c
35. c
36. a
37. d
38. c
39. a
40. a
41. d
42. c
I think I did this assignment before so these are my answers. Hope this helps!!