It means exactly what it says...to write about what you know. If you know about something than you'll have more to say and have an opinion. If you don't know about a subject...there's less to say.
the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry.
I used to have a teacher who said this as well. The best way to understand would be to show examples of how to specify such terms as “stuff” and “things”. For instance: “The birds have lots of stuff.” That was not clear because the reader does not know what the “stuff” is. Instead, the text could be changed to: “The birds have lots of feathers.” Now the reader knows what the stuff is because it has been replaced with a more specific word. If you go over multiple examples in your head, it will become easier to comprehend and you will get used to doing it.
Answer:
Second Option: The other animals realize that Napoleon can be trusted.
Explanation:
"The Animal Farm" (1945) is one of the most famous modern allegorical novella, It is written by George Orwell (pen name, his real name was Eric Arthur Blair).
The passage is from the end of Chapter V, when Snowball has been expelled from the farm. Since Snowball was much loved by the animals and was also a war hero, it was planned to tarnish his reputation among the animals and make them trust Napoleon as their real and trusted leader. Squealer (a pig) was a very skilled persuasive orator. He uses card-stacking (telling lie or partial truths) and repetition techniques of political propaganda to sway the animals' opinion in Napoleon's favor.
Initially (after Napoleon's expelling Snowball), the animals did not seem to have good opinion about Napoleon, but Squealer slowly and cunningly does the job for Napoleon in making the animals realize him a trusted leader.
First and fourth options are totally incorrect. Second and third options are somewhat similar, but second option describes the purpose more clearly and accurately, so second option is correct.
1. to(prep) Chicago (obj)
2. by(prep) car(obj)
3. By(prep) afternoon(obj)
4. for(prep) lunch(obj)
5. near(prep) river(obj)
6. on(prep) water(obj)
7. for(prep) trip(obj)
8. of(prep) Chicago(obj)
9. at(prep) motel(obj)
A preposition tells where one noun is in relation to another noun. It is always followed by a noun, which is the object of a preposition. One silly way to remember most prepositions is to think about a squirrel and a tree. A squirrel can go (through, on, under, in, off, to, by...) the tree. There are a few prepositions that just need to be remembered such as for.
