Words are italicized in order to create emphasis. However, this is only applicable to certain names, words, or phrases. Italics are also used in writing technical and unfamiliar words; trains, aircraft, etc.; and titles of books, movies, paintings, newspapers, etc. In the sentence: Riding the Orient Express toward Istanbul, Tom read the novels of Mark Twain, you should italicize the <em>(a) Orient Express</em>. <em>Orient Express</em> is a name of a luxury train. Based on the rules given, it should follow the format of italicization.
Answer:
1. Boracay is the best beach in the world
2. Lapu-Lapu is the best leader at that time.
Explanation:
The sentences above are not widely known and are not facts. Those statements cannot be supported by evidence and therefore are considered opinions.
Answer:
Friday
Explanation:
If it takes 3 days to mail in, and if you want to mail it in on Monday, you have to mail it in on Friday, and then the payment will be received on Monday.
I am going to assume we only have to choose from Whitman and Hughes.This is how I would match those poets to the literary characteristics:1. Walt Whitman:
- romanticizes the life of the laborer: we can see that in his "A Song for Occupations" where he sings about laborers and their idyllic lives
- uses repetition for emphasis: he often repeats certain words in his poems in order to highlight a meaning
- avoids traditional poetic devices: he uses unorthodox poetic devices which are not usually found in poems, especially of that period
2. Langston Hughes:
- part of the Harlem Renaissance: this refers to the movement of black artists, one of which was Hughes
- looks forward to racial equality: this one is obvious
- describes a fragmented United States: fragmented over slavery and equality, mostly
Answer:
hyperbole
Explanation:
the sentence is an exaggeration