Answer:
Understanding self and others
Explanation:
Liz damages Nicole's cherished possessions because she does not treat them with respect. Rather than telling Nicole the truth and giving her the opportunity to repair or salvage the damaged tea set, Liz lies to Nicole and discards her heirlooms, incorrectly believing that a more expensive tea set is better. When Liz tries to give Nicole the new tea set Nicole didn't accept it. Liz then thought Nicole was being ungrateful. However for Nicole, the real value of the tea set was the history attached to it not its material worth. Not only did Liz not understand Nicole she didn't understand herself because she doesn't understand how rude and disrespectful she's really being. She thinks Nicole is being disrespectful but she's the disrespectful one by not telling Nicole the truth and ruining her possessions.
Answer:
D). It highlights the contrast between the Dursley’s excitement for the dinner and Harry’s loneliness.
Explanation:
Repetition is elucidated as one of the most commonly employed literary devices in which the author <u>repeats a word or phrase in order to emphasize or highlight a specific idea</u>. While 'tone' is described as the <u>author's approach or attitude towards a specific subject matter</u> reflected through the diction and language adopted by the author to convey it.
As per the question, Harry's constant repetition of the phrase 'I’ll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I’m not there' affects the tone of the given passage by highlighting the disparity between the excitement of Dursley and the loneliness of Harry. It <u>shifts the tone from cheerful to serious and emphasizes Harry's isolation due to his family's fear over his special powers</u>. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
Constructed from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the map of contemporary Arab states in the Middle East resulted from the Great Game played out by the European powers during the 19th century. Victim of international ambitions, but unable to define objectives for its future, the Middle East became vulnerable to conflicts due to its internal difficulties.
I would say that learning another language is the most important for communication especially if one is in the country where the other language is spoken and is immersed in it then to be able to survive then one must learn the language and also the process of learning it requires reaching out to the local people and relying on their assistance which bonds one with the people of that country.