Answer:
C) Confucianism will be suppressed by China's rulers.
Explanation:
In the passage, it says that Confucius' followers persuaded the ruler of China to create a university. That would rule out answer A because that is currently happening, the students are going to the university that was built. B is wrong because Confucius teachings does say to obey persons in authority without questioning. That is also already happening. C is the only answer left. If they convinced the ruler to create a university, then it is unlikely that the rulers do not like Confucius/Confucius' teachings.
An emotional connotation is a feeling connected to a specific word or phrase. You can have either a positive or negative, or no connotation connected with a word. Sometimes, the emotional connotation is specific to a person. In this case illiterate means, cannot read or write, so it has a negative connotation.
An apostrophe is when the poetic voice directly addresses someone or something that is not there. So, "to the dead" would be an apostrophe, because the poetic voice is speaking specifically to them, and the dead can't actually hear the voice or respond to it.
Answer:
I think it's B, D, and maybe E
Explanation: