Answer:
The goal of the protagonist is to learn every single secret in chess.
Below are some of the excerpts from the story:
"I went to school, then directly home to learn new chess secrets, cleverly concealed advantages, more escape routes" ("Rules Of The Game", Amy Tan, page 7).
"I borrowed books from the Chinatown library. I studied each chess piece, trying to absorb the power each contained" ("Rules Of The Game", Amy Tan, page 4).
The story explains and shows the motivation the protagonist, Waverly Place Jong has.
Explanation:
"The Rules Of The Game" is a story by an American writer, Amy Ruth Tan. The story opens with a focus on silence and teaches how having control over one’s emotions truly endows one with a secret strength. Waverly and her mother, Lindo Jong, tend to have a psychological battle, each of them was trying to gain the upper hand over the other. But one important rule is that one must remain silent in order to emerge as a winner.
Answer:
1. The sole of my shoe pulled off.
I would need an adhesive to fix it.
2. My kitchen's sink is leaking.
With the help of a plumber and his tools, I would be able to fix it.
Hi !
Pronouns ending in -self may not be used as subjects
example =
John and myself went to school = FALSE
John and I went to school = CORRECT
They do need an antecedent, are called reflexive pronouns and may be used in colloquial speech.
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These are the correct answers:
1. comforting
2. They give examples from their own lives.
3. Most teachers lose sight of what is best for their students.
4. life
5. proficient speakers of English.
6. The sounds of English have become too familiar to him.
7. their resentment toward their fathers for bad decisions that they made.
8. wondering about the choices she has made and how they have affected her child.
9. give the reader a sense of a sailor’s relationship to water.
10. to help readers understand the speaker’s wistful desire for liberty.
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