Answer: D. To suggest an alternative.
Explanation:
Conjunctions are the words that are used in linking other words, clauses or sentences together. Examples of conjunction include or, while, and, since, but, because, nor, yet, although, unless, etc.
"Or"used is used to to link alternatives. It is used for connecting choices or possibilities or choices. In this case, or is used in suggesting an alternative. Therefore, the correct option is D.
Answer:
This is the part when he is on horseback, about to warn the town that the British are coming. In the first line, he starts heading toward the village streets with "the fate of a nation" counted on him to do so. This because he is about to warn everyone so that they can be prepared to fight. This is shown through the lines "the spark struck out by that steed", meaning that the villagers are counting on his warning to change history by sparking the Revolution.
<u>Answer:</u>
The depictions of nature of female power in the poems Siren Song and Aunt Jennifer's Tigers is in complete contrast with each other.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the poem "Siren Song" female is shown as the one who holds the power over various men whereas in Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, the female is shown to be suppressed by her own husband.
In the poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, Aunt Jennifer is shown to express her feelings of wanting freedom and independence through her sewn tigers, which depict how she had been suppressed by her husband her entire life and has always wanted to escape like the tigers go "prancing, proud and unfraid"
whereas the poem The Siren Song shows men to be lured by a woman's call towards herself make the foolish and lustful men attracted leading to their own destruction on the fateful rocks thus showing the power women have on men which is in contradiction to the other poem.
Answer:
1. Hurrication
2. Hypermarket
3. Xerox
4. Incommodeicado
5. Megacity
Explanation:
HURRICATION: The unexpected day off work or school resulting from a nearby hurricane, producing enough rain and wind to shut everything down for a day or two, but not enough of a direct hit to cause damage or worry. “The hurrication caused by Superstorm Sandy left us unable to conduct any of our weekly client conference calls.”
INCOMMODEICADO: The state of being in the bathroom without a cell phone. “I excused myself from the marathon meetings to return a reporter’s call on deadline but found myself incommodeicado!”
HYPERMARKET: A very large shop
WIRELESS: An electronic device without wire or cable
XEROX: A trademark of digital printing equipment
MEGACITY: A big city
