This sentence is a fragment
"Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop
In this poem, Bishop tells her own story. Her father died when she was a child and her mother never recovered from a nervous breakdown. Bishop had to live with older relatives for many many years.
In the poem, the grandma feels sadness because of the whole situation and because of the innocence of the child but she hides her sadness by laughing and talking to the child.
<em>"reading the jokes from the almanac, </em>
<em>laughing and talking to hide her tears."</em>
<em>-Sestina </em>
Why does the grandmother laugh and talk?
A. to entertain the almanac
B. to hide her tears
C. to entertain the child to make the time pass
Answer:
Explanation:
1= Mahima said "I'm going now."
2= Rahul said to her, " where are you going?"
3= "Why do you want to know?", asked Mahima.
4= He said, "Please tell me, maybe I can come with you."
5= "Come with me to the market", she said.
6= He said, "How clever you are!"
7= "You asked me!", she said "Now you know where I am going."
Answer:
The language is used to indicate expressions of happiness.
Explanation:
He uses the word "frabjous day" and has an exclamation point at the end which indicates he's happy and it makes since from the line before.
