A phrase is a group of words that can serve to describe or modify one or more words in a sentence, but it lacks a subject. It cannot stand on its own and would not make any sense unless included in a complete sentence. A clause, however, contains both a subject and a predicate (verb). An independent clause is a complete sentence that stands on its own, while a dependent clause is not a complete sentence but still contains a subject and predicate. Thus, the correct answer above is C, "A clause has a subject and verb, but a phrase does not."
Answer:
D. abandoned.
Explanation:
Young animals do not vanish with their mothers near by.
Not all animals can cling to objects.
Young animals may appear to be sleeping, but that has nothing to do with whether or not the mother is nearby.
Young animals can be hungry, but they would be hungry even if the mother were not hiding.
So, young animals can appear to be abandoned, since the mother is nowhere in sight. In reality, the mother is simply hiding.
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Answer:
C. The theme is Paradise Lost, and the historical context is prior epic
poetry: The Iliad and Beowulf
Explanation:
Theme tells us what is the main preoccupation of the article, while the historical context is a period in history that serves us as a reference point for analysing the text.
Here, the critic deals with Milton's most famous work, an epic poem "Paradise Lost", explaining how it differs from epic poems written before it. From this, we can conclude that the theme of this article is "Paradise Lost".
Also, here, we are not directly given a specific year or an event that would suggest a historical period. But, the author compares Milton's poem to famous epic poems written previously. These poems represent an over a millennium long period of time, when all epic poems shared similar characteristics. Changing the focus of his poem, Milton broke from the epic tradition, whose representatives are The Iliad and Beowulf.
In this sense, we could say that the historical context here is prior epic poetry.
