Read the excerpt below. Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the excerpt?

Alchen [17]

Adam and Eve eat the apples to gain knowledge but at the cost of their promise to God, thus contributing to the theme of Betrayal.

Option B.

Explanation:

Eve in the story ate a fruit which was said to the fruit of knowledge. This fruit was ate by Eve to get knowledge and be intelligent. She also gave some of this to Adam.

This came as a betrayal to God because both of them had promised to god that they will both not eat it. But in the greed of knowledge, they ate it and broke the promise.

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3 years ago

1. What do you think the narrator of “The Gift of the Magi” considers as having real value? (1 point)

anzhelika [568]

1. What do you think the narrator of “The Gift of the Magi” considers as having real value? - the protagonists' love for each other 
2. In the story “The Gift of the Magi,” which of the following is an example of allusion? - the discovery that the protagonists sold their most prized possessions 
3. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” what does the information about Annie Mae Young burning her quilts reveal about her personality? - Young saw her quilts as something very private.

4. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” Aronzia Pettway made quilts mostly to - Become economicallyindependent.

5. Both Marge Piercy and Walt Whitman believe that - Art is not an important part of life.
6. The poems in this unit express appreciation for - the value of work.

7. What is the meaning of meretricious as it is used in this sentence from “The Gift of the Magi”? - Showy and vulgar
8. Which vocabulary word completes this sentence CORRECTLY? When Mr. Klein realized that his true identity was revealed, he found himself in an interesting - predicament 
9.Which of the following sentences uses capitalization CORRECTLY? - I just read O. Henry's short story “The Gift of the Magi.”
10. Which of the following sentences displays the CORRECT use of punctuation? (1 point)Leonardo da Vinci, inventor, painter, and poet is considered a true genius.
11. What connotation is attributed to the “parlor generals” in the following lines from “To Be of Use”? -brutality

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3 years ago

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Speech-generating devices help individuals communicate verbally. True or false

Pepsi [2]

The answer is true... think about it, if you can talk through a device, you are still communicating verbally.

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4 years ago

Comparative Writing Community members in both "The Refusal" and -451 submit rather easily to the status quo, yielding their righ

Natalija [7]

The way and manner in which blind submission to the status quo can perpetuate problems in a community or society are that it would lead to them being unable to understand they are living in an oppressive way and end up encouraging a limited and oppressed life.

This is aptly highlighted in the text "Fahrenheit 451" as it is set in a dystopian society that is very oppressive and bans ownership of books and any book found is burnt promptly

<h3>What is a Narration?</h3>

This refers to the storytelling that is done with the aim of a narrator to show the sequence of events.

Hence, we can see that The way and manner in which blind submission to the status quo can perpetuate problems in a community or society are that it would lead to them being unable to understand they are living in an oppressive way and end up encouraging a limited and oppressed life.

This is aptly highlighted in the text "Fahrenheit 451" as it is set in a dystopian society that is very oppressive and bans ownership of books and any book found is burnt promptly