Answer:
There are no tiles to drag my friend
<u>Answer to Part A:</u> American Gothic represents Grant Wood's personal view of midwesterners.
The speaker in the text intends to defend the meaning of the painting from claims of its mocking depictions of midwesterners. It is stated a the painting had a deeper meaning about society, one that goes beyond the common observer's understaing.
The rest of the options are not the text's central idea since:
- The atmosphere of the painting does not revolve around medieval times, since that era ended in the 15th century. The figures in the painting represent americans, nation that was founded much later in time.
- In the text, it is not considered that the painting is a joke - quite the contrary -. The counter-argument to this is supported by the speaker.
- There are no political parties involved in this context, which denies the fact that the painting is a political statement.
<u>Answer to Part B:</u> "The irony is that the original painting itself may have been making more of a comment on society than many observers realize".
This statement supports the idea that beyond the observer's judgement on the depiction of the characters in the painting, the real meaning of this work might comprise the painter's personal view on the society being disputed over, the midwesterns.
<span>accepting more uncertainty than usual
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Answer:
A. Specific Detail
Explanation:
It is definitely not humor or assertion, which is a confident, forceful statement. I don't see it as simplicity because that is plain, natural, or easy to understand. When writing a thesis statement, your topic needs to be strong and to the point, which is more a specific detail. In this case, it is a specific detail about the narrator.
Answer: The cat was ran over by the yellow car.
Explanation:
When we use passive voice, we place focus on an object/person that experiences an action, instead of the object/person that performs the action (as in active voice). The object in the active sentence thus becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
The yellow car ran over <u>the cat.</u>
<u>The cat</u> was ran over by the yellow car.
As evident in this example, a passive construction consists of <em>verb to be (was)</em> + <em>past participle (ran).</em>
