<span>The sentence in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich that suggests that Ivan Ilyich and his wife couldn’t even agree on how to raise their children is the penultimate one - </span><span>Ivan Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School.
It shows that they disagreed on where their children should be educated.
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The excerpt from “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall which is an example of sensory imagery is <u>“brushed her night-dark hair.”</u>
“Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall is a poem which is a conversation between a mother and daughter about a 'Freedom March' which will be happening on the streets of Birmingham. The daughter wishes to attend the march but her mother restricts her to go there and tells her about the dangers of going there. Instead, she sends her daughter to Church which is a safe place. But unfortunately, a bombing happens in the church in which the mother finds her daughter dead. She falls prey to the act of racism.
The line“brushed her night-dark hair” appeals to both the sense of touch and sight in the poem.
The answer is c. Because it makes sense. You can see for yourself:
Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth and it holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded.
B. Cowboys are known as American cultural icons around the world.
Complete Question:
The speaker begins to speak more slowly as she walks to the front of the stage. She deliberately looks around the audience, pauses and then speaks in a softer tone. The speaker is trying to:
A. signal her presentation's conclusion.
B. regain audience attention.
C. signal the beginning of her speech.
D. motivate the audience to respond.
Answer:
A. Signal her presentation's conclusion.
Explanation:
In this scenario, the speaker begins to speak more slowly as she walks to the front of the stage. She deliberately looks around the audience, pauses, and then speaks in a lower pitch. The speaker is most likely trying to signal her presentation's conclusion.
The conclusion of a presentation serves as a summary of the main or key points. Therefore, it is very important that speakers begin to speak slowly and make use of non-verbal cues such as eye contacts, gestures, facial expressions, movements etc to signal the conclusion of their presentation or speech. The aforementioned actions would make your presentation memorable to the audience and to remember the main points therein.
