In this passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, the narrator uses strong sensory language to create clear images - to, in essence, paint a clear picture in words - of the forest and the hills. The narrator is able, through the use of such strong sensory language and imagery to give the read a clear image of what he is describing, which, in turns, makes the scene he is describing come to life.
Hello. Did you forget to show that the underlined words to which the question refers are: cruel favor
In addition, you forgot to show the answer options. The options are:
The underlined figure of speech is ________ (choices: a euphemism, a simile, a metaphor, an oxymoron)
The reader can infer that ________ (choices: the narrator plans to take up baking with Lisette, the narrator feels that Lisette should do her more favors, the narrator will pretend to enjoy Lisette's brownies, the narrator suspects that Lisette is dishonest with her)
Answer:
1. euphemism
2. the narrator will pretend to enjoy Lisette's brownies
Explanation:
Euphenism is the figure of speech that has a lighter and more pleasant term, softening a bad meaning of another term that could be used. In this case, when the narrator says that Lisette took the Brownies as a "cruel favor" he wanted to soften the meaning that eating her brownies would be a bad experience.
Furthermore, by using eupenism, the author reinforces the idea that since Lisette is a very kind person, he will pretend to like the brownies, even if he doesn't like it.
Answer: Alice stepping through the looking glass.
Explanation: PLEASE TALK TO ME
Answer:
to show how the narrator tries to persuade his/her father to let him/her become an artist
to show the narrator's childhood dream
Explanation:
The narrator Made use of flashback in to show in other to narrate what his dream was, as what he eventually became wasn't what he has always dreamt of becoming, so the narrator utilized flashback to take the readers through his childhood desire and aspiration. A natural desire which never manifested because his father never believed in his dream.
During the narrator's flashback, he showcased how he tried to fish his way into pursuing his dream, as a child, All he could do was to persuade his father into supporting him on his dreams, which also proved futile.
