The given question is incomplete as the excerpt is not given. The excerpt should be given below:
'O. Henry's short story "The Gift of Magi" is about a couple who are deeply in love. Della and Jim are poor, but they each want to buy the other a special Christmas present. Because they have no money, they sell their own priced possessions to be able to afford presents for each other. O. Henry uses his short story "The Gift of Magi" to show that poverty cannot affect true love. Despite having no luxuries, Della and Jim are willing to make sacrifices for each other because their love is true.'
The sentence in this excerpt from a literary analysis essay which is most likely the thesis statement is 'O. Henry uses his short story "The Gift of Magi" to show that poverty cannot affect true love.' A thesis statement is typically stated in a single sentence, however it might be repeated elsewhere.
- O. Henry illustrates that true love is unaffected by poverty in his short story "The Gift of Magi" because it captures the essence of his point.
- Della sells her hair so that she may afford a chain for Jim's pocket watch, while Jim sells his lovely pocket watch so that he can buy a brooch for Della's lovely long hair.
- As a result, their tangible gifts are meaningless, but one has nonetheless shown the other that they are capable of sacrificing their most valued assets for one another, so demonstrating their love for one another.
- The real gift they both receive from the Magi on that particular Christmas day is this realisation.
Therefore, the sentence in this excerpt from a literary analysis essay which is most likely the thesis statement is 'O. Henry uses his short story "The Gift of Magi" to show that poverty cannot affect true love.' An essay's, research paper's, etc. core idea or claim is succinctly summarised in the thesis statement.
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Answer:
preparing dinner
object of a preposition
Explanation:
In <em>very simple words</em>, gerunds are nouns (that end in -ing). As nouns, they can function as subjects and objects depending on their position in the sentence.
The theme that is developed in the excerpt and repeated later in the story is A. Hiding one's true self to conform and to fit in often leads to unhappiness.
The detail from the text that supports the answer provided is "Sure, I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn’t me".
The theme of a story refers to the underlying meaning of a story. The theme is the message that the writer wants to convey in the story.
In the story "A wrinkle in Time", the theme developed was that hiding one's true self to conform and to fit in often leads to unhappiness. Calvin was explaining to Meg how he couldn't hold himself down and how this could lead him to <em>unhappiness.</em>
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True, because you get body over mind. You make yourself feel better by working out. I do this sometimes.
It is B I believe.............
