Answer:
Popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today.
Many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.
President Reagan believed that John Wayne would argue that he was not the last American hero, because there are many more.
Explanation:
The options you were given are the following:
- Popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today.
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Many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.
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John Wayne, nicknamed Duke, was an iconic Hollywood actor and filmmaker.
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President Reagan believed that John Wayne would argue that he was not the last American hero, because there are many more.
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Duke Wayne died as a symbol of the Hollywood dream industry.
A summary is a shortened version of a piece of writing (e.g. a paragraph, article, chapter, entire book). It should include the text's main ideas - the main points the author is making.
The given excerpt starts with a reference to a popular novel of the '60s, introducing the idea that popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today. An important point of the passage is that many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams. Many considered John Wayne to be the last American hero. However, President Reagan believed that John Wayne would argue that he was not the last American hero, because there are many more. What he wants to say is that there is hope for America.
The first, second, and fourth options summarize the text well, including all its main points, which is why they are the correct options.
I believe the answer is: C) Different types of media offer different experiences.
For example, for those people who enjoy solitary and less noises, they tend to prefer to consume written media such as online articles. For people who enjoy direct interactions consuming media that contains videos or public chats would be more preferable compared to written articles alone.
Answer:
A. I gave the best of all I have to offer to Sam.
Explanation:
An iamb is a metrical foot that consists of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. The line that consists of iambs is the first one:<em> I gave the best of all I have to offer to Sam. </em>We can confirm this by highlighting stressed syllables in all of the lines:
- I give the best of all I have to offer Sam.
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At the end of the month, I get paid.
- Stopping smoking helps your health.
- Quarterly figures are plummeting steadily.
We can see that the first line is the only one when an unstressed syllable is always followed by a stressed one, which makes its meter iambic.
Colloquial yet solemn as the characters portrayed a specific sector of society in an era while approaching it in an emotional aspect of it by giving the main character more of a sensitive character compared to the others
This question is missing the previous part of the excerpt and the answer options. I have found the complete question online. The part that you already posted will be omitted, replaced with . . .
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's "Freakonomics":
In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. He came to consider a company as "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent. He considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent "annoying but tolerable." If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one:
. . .
A. a claim
B. an example
C. a conclusion
D. a counterclaim
Answer:
The excerpt serves a:
B. an example
Explanation:
The excerpt in the question serves as an example for the passage posted above.
Feldman is a man who leaves baskets with bagels at companies for people to take them and pay for them. He does not stay at the company, however, to make sure people will pay. He would rather trust their honesty. But, if people begin to take the bagels without paying to the point where Feldman only makes between 80 to 90 percent of the money he should make, he leaves them a note.
When the authors talk about Feldman's note, the phrase "like this one" shows that the excerpt is an example of a type of note Feldman might use to increase payment by appealing to people's honesty.
