Answer:
skimming the passage, we’ll find “some critics” mentioned in the third sentence. Indeed, this sentence actually continues to advance Bigsby’s view mentioned in the previous sentence (that Hansberry’s work has “unintentional” irony” that the author seems to reject (stating that we should accept her irony as “deliberate social commentaries”). This third sentence continues to elaborate and broaden the critical view to other critics. The next sentence contains the words “for example,” so that must be the one, right?! Nope. This is the trap; the question specifically mentioned “examples” ad does this fourth sentence of the paragraph, but the “examples” need to refute this view, and the example in the fourth sentence is an example of the critical view the author disagreed with.
Explanation:
An important thing to keep in mind about the Reading Comprehension section of the GRE as we use PowerPrep online to study is that it is just that—reading comprehension. In other words, as difficult as it may seem, and it can be pretty tricky, the test makers will always give us all the information we need in the passage to answer the question. Select-in-passage questions, like number 8 on the second Verbal section of practice test 1, may look different than other questions, but they abide by the same rule.
Select-in-passage questions are unique to the GRE, but that shouldn’t scare us. In fact, a good thing about them is that we can approach each one the same way: we need to read the question carefully in order to find out what criteria our sentence needs to meet. Then, we need to search the passage for a sentence that fits that criteria—ok, admittedly this is sometimes more easily said than done, but we should keep in mind that our question may even give us extra clues as to where to look.
Answer:
The clothes are being washed by my mother now.
The lesson is taught by the teacher.
The offices have been cleaned by the janitor.
The farm had been planted by the farmer.
The filed case will be defended by the lawyer.
The ICPC was worked by her yesterday.
The final exam will be taken by the students online.
The patients are treated by the doctor.
Football is being played by the boys.
The plans have been made by the miners.
The correct answer is Complex
Explanation:
Complex sentences always contain at least two clauses: one dependent clause and one independent clause. Dependent clauses can be identified because they do not express a complete idea and therefore need from an independent clause. Besides this, in a complex sentence, it is common to find subordinating conjunctions such as before, because, although, unless, if, etc. that link the two types of clauses.
The sentence "Although I'll allow time off, the traffic is terrible" is a complex sentence because it contains a dependent clause "Although I'll allow time off" and one independent clause "the traffic is terrible". Moreover, the subordinating conjunction "although" shows the clauses do not have the same level of importance but one depends on the other to be complete.
Answer:
The author in "On his blindness" refers to his blindness.
Explanation:
Jorge Luis Borges, the author of this poem, suffered from blindness and that is what he reflects in this poem.
What he means when he says "it breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless" is how he sees things because of blindness, as formless and colorless things.
This poem has a melancholic tone. The blindness that came to Borges in 1955 meant a great change for him, since he was a lover and fond of reading.
Answer:
He thought they would solve his family's problems
Explanation:
According to the book Holes, it is narrated that Stanley is on his way home from school when suddenly a pair old shoes falls and hits him on the head.
He calls the sneakers "destiny shoes" because he believed they would solve his family problems because his father at the time was trying to find a way tor recycle old sneakers so he believed it was a sign from God.
