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Answer and Explanation:
Cleft sentences are used to connect something previously understood to new information or to emphasize something by placing it in a different clause. When we use this type of structure, we are basically dividing a piece of information into two clauses. It is common to use <em>it</em> or <em>wh-</em> words to form the cleft sentence.
1. I don't like a manager who acts like a tyrant. = What I don't like is a manager who acts like a tyrant.
2. We're looking for someone who is a team player. - What we are looking for is someone who is a team player.
3. He would prefer to walk to the theater. - What he would prefer is to walk to the theater.
4. She wrote the most popular mystery novel of the year. - It was she who wrote the most popular mystery novel of the year. / What she wrote was the most popular mystery novel of the year.
5. We saw the most dangerous snake in the world. - What we saw was the most dangerous snake in the world. / It was the most dangerous snake in the world that we saw.
6. She had a terrible case of the flu. - What she had was a terrible case of the flu.
7. I don't understand why someone took my headphones. - What I don't understand is why someone took my headphones.
Answer:
B. Bounderby.
Explanation:
Charles Dickens' "Hard Times" is a satirical take of the English society during the Industrial Revolution. The novel revolves around the lives of the Gradgrind family, and how their upbringing puts them in conflict with what they observe in others.
<u>Mrs. Sparsit is the housekeeper for Mr. Joisah Bounderby's place</u>. She is a widow who had worked and dependent on Mr. Bounderby for an <em>"annual stipend"</em>. She would later try to jeopardize her master's marriage to Louisa Gradgrind so that she can become the mistress of the house instead.
I've looked this question up online. The options are simply:
a. First Person
b. Second Person
c. Third Person
Answer:
The point of view in this paragraph is:
a. First person.
Explanation:
The narrator of the excerpt is telling the story from a first-person point of view. The easiest way to confirm that is by taking a look at the pronouns used:
The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my
breathing with the rhythm.
<u>First-person narrators use first-person pronouns such as "I" and "me". This type of narrator gives us his/her own perspective on things. That means we accompany this narrator throughout the story, see things from his perspective, and only get to know what he knows. One advantage of first-person point of view is that we get to dive deeper into the narrator's feelings and thoughts. One disadvantage is that he is a biased narrator, which makes him untrustworthy.</u>
