Contextual clues give hints that you can piece together like a puzzle. They help reveal things or drop subtle hints to almost tease the reader. They can also help you understand something such as a phrase or new words.
(You use them a lot like context clues but these are broader and more vague.)
They excel all others at ship building and sailing.This is what made
them stand out as they built some of the best ships in that period. They were once the neighbors of the Cyclopes. They were
organized and civilized while the Cyclops was not. It is always growing season
in Phaeacia. They were known to grow fruits and vegetables which were
among the most exotic in Greece.
Answer:
D). The passage fails to make a debatable claim.
Explanation:
The key weakness of the given passage is that 'it fails to establish a debatable claim.' A claim is characterized as debatable when the readers could reasonably argue on different opinions regarding it but here the 'claim regarding the presence of gothic elements' in Hawthorne's 'Scarlett Letter' and Herman Melville's 'Moby-D' is already agreed upon and accepted as a fact. Thus, <u>there remains no point in persuading the readers' to believe in it by comparing the two</u>. Another weakness of this passage is that the evidence presented here fails to support the claim. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
