<em>Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?</em>
<em>The correct answer is D. Sympathetic</em>
- <em>The word that best describes the tone is sympathetic. When the driver says, “Times are changed, don’t you know?” is looking for a change in the mind of his listener. He is trying to cause a reaction so that the listener makes sense of the reality. In the sentence, “Get your three dollars a day, feed your kids” The driver is asking his listener to do the actions that matter, he is asking the listener not to deviate from the path that is going to take him or her to live day by day. During the complete excerpt, the driver is showing compassion and sensitivity to the listener’s emotions.</em>
The following answers use correct punctuation: (a) Dear Ms. Collin: When the error message appears on the screen, you should exit the program, right. (b) When you leave at 5:00 p.m., please shut the door and lock it; however, do not set the alarm.
In sentence (c) the punctuation in 1980's is not correct. It is a common mistake to include apostrophes when pluralizing a number or an abbreviation. Apostrophes are generally used in contractions and to indicate the possessive case.
Answer:
it has a verb. Breathe was a verb
Explanation:
Answer:
C. Swiftly
Explanation:
The simile in sentence three is "Penelope sprinted like a cheetah." Well we already know that a simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things, by using the words "like" or "as". In this example, the narrator compares Penelope's speed, to the speed of a Cheetah. Cheetah's are generally very fast. The definition of <u>sluggish</u>, is <em>slow moving or inactive</em>. The definition of <u>merrily</u>, is<em> in a cheerful way</em>. And the definition of <u>despairingly</u>, is <em>to have absence of hope</em>. We can use these definitions, and context clues from the text to figure out that swiftly, is in fact the correct answer.
Answer:
Lola Ridge's life in New York as a working immigrant was a strong influence on her writing.
Explanation:
Based on the biography and the poem, we can see that Ridge's life in New York as a working immigrant heavily influenced her writing, which she became best known for.
She did not begin writing about immigrants because it was interesting. The lives of immigrants were not easy, and their struggle is what inspired Lola Ridge.
She was a well-known author, and the fact she changed her name didn't influence her career.
She didn't become a painter and activist because her writing about people's rights didn't sell. In fact, her writing is what she is best known for.
All of this makes the second statement the correct one.
