Answer:
Updike has carefully brought the meaning to the poem and to the character by naming him Flick, which means a quick and sudden movement.
Explanation:
'Ex-Basketball Player' is a poem written by John Updike. The poem is about a character named 'Flick Webb' who used to be basketball star in his high school but now serves as a gas station attendant.
<u>The poem brings the meaning that one should not remain the past glory of life and must move on</u>. Flick used to be a basketball star in his high school but after that moment of life gets over he is just 'Flick' who, now, should think of life ahead of him. But he remains stick to his past glory.
"Flick' means a <u>quick and sudden movement</u>. By naming the character 'Flick', Updike brings out the message that life goes on in a flick moment of time and thus one should remain prepared for it. But, in the poem, 'Flick' was not prepared for life ahead and remained a slave of past glory as an 'Ex-Basketball Player.' Because 'Flick' perceived that his glory will remain forever, he never learned other skills to help him for his future, that's why now he serves as a gas station attendant.
Answer:
Because the more they accomplish a task the more their rank will increase
Answer:
A
Explanation:
The subject is the story is the main person, place, or thing that is talked about and described. With Jack London being the main character in the passage, the one that describes his life and his personality is A) One of the most exciting and adventurous lives
<u>Answer:</u>
The writer can correct the parallelism in three simple ways but first let’s learn what is this parallelism. Elements which are grammatically same in meaning, sound or meter are included in the sentences. This method gives a writing piece a balance it deserves.
Now, if this technique goes wrong, how can it be corrected?
<u>Let’s explain with an example:
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<em>Mita likes mangoes, apples and going to the theatre.
</em>
Here, the word “likes” acts as the trigger for a parallel structure and the phrase “going to” is wrong as it is having a different grammatical structure.
<u>This can be corrected in three ways:
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<em>By making the grammatically incorrect part match with the other parts: </em>
Mita likes mangoes, apples and theatres.
<em>By making the other parts match with the grammatically incorrect part: </em>
Mita likes eating mangoes, eating apples and going to the theatre.
<em>By splitting the sentence: </em>
Mita likes eating mangoes and apples. She also likes going to the theatre.
