Answer:
C. On the day of my piano recital, I was experiencing nervousness.
Explanation:
In expository writing, a topic sentence is a sentence that summarizes the main idea of a paragraph. <em>It is usually the first sentence in a paragraph.</em> Also known as a focus sentence, it encapsulates or organizes an entire paragraph.
The correct answer is A. They suggest that a ruler who is feared can retain power, while a ruler who is hated is less likely to do so.
Explanation:
In the passage presented, Machiavelli explains the way the prince needs to inspire fear rather than hate "Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred". According to him, this is necessary because the prince can govern if there is fear but not hate, about this, Machiavelli states the prince should never take away property because this would lead to hate form people; however, if necessary he can take life, although he recommends doing this due to proper reasons and without creating a reputation of cruelty as otherwise hate will emerge and this is not advisable.
According to this, Machiavelli proposes it is good people fear rather than hate a ruler and therefore the words feared and hatred in the passage "suggest that a ruler who is feared can retain power, while a ruler who is hated is less likely to do so".
Answer:
1. up
2. degree
3. on
4. through
5. fees
6. end
7. out
8. settle
Explanation:
A sentence can be defined as a group of words that comprises of both a subject and predicate used to convey a logical information. Sentences are classified into four (4) main categories and these includes;
I. Simple sentence.
II. Compound sentence.
III. Complex sentence.
IV. Compound-Complex sentence.
In this exercise, you are required to fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given list of options.
