This excerpt mentioned makes part of the bigger speech given by Patrick Henry, in the Second Virginia Convention, 1775, before the entire participants at the Convention, in Richmond, at St John´s Church. This quotation of "liberty or death" is just part of the exhortation that Henry makes to his peers and the nation at large to make the final decision to break all ties with the British crown and give themselves over to the cause of patriotism and the search for liberty. This speech, it is important to understand, comes at a time when most Americans refused to accept that they could be heading for a war with Britain and when people sought a reconciliation with their motherland. This can be seen in this speech at several places, where Henry reflects on the efforts made by the leaders and the people to re-establish peace with their British ruler, but nowhere else more clearly than in lines 2 to 4, where Henry says: <em>Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. </em>After this line, Henry goes on until line 16 to underline all the efforst that have been made, in detail, to regain the favor of the British crown, all in vain.
Based on the context given above, the word 'coy' most likely means SHY.
To be coy, means to make a pretense of shyness, which is meant to be alluring.
In the passage given above, the writer is advising the virgins not to be shy at this time when they are in their prime but instead they should use their time wisely and marry on time time so that they may not be forced to remain unmarried.
Answer:
Option A , Chris's
Explanation:
Chris is a singular noun and its possessive form can be written as Chris's or Chris' only.
Both the above are correct.
In general possessive form of a noun is either a pronoun or represented as " ' " followed by "s" after the noun in case if it is not ending with "s". In case if it ends with "s" then its possessive form can be either " 's" or only " ' ".
Hence, option A is correct
Answer:
They parallel Stanley's wish that things had turned out differently for him.
Explanation:
Louis Sachar's "Holes" revolves around the wrongful accusation against the protagonist, Stanley Yelnats who was put in a detention center. And it was in this detention camp that they were made to dig holes all day, without really knowing what they were looking for.
The change in the lyrics sang by Sarah shows the predicament that her great-great-grandson Stanley will be in. Sarah sang the song about the pig stealing Yelnats that began the 'curse' on the family. And the <em>"if only"</em> of the song parallel Stanley's wish for a different outcome of his life.
Thus, the <u>correct answer is the last/ fourth option</u>.