Question

Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave"? Select 3 options. Canoniza bones hearsed in death we saw thee ponderous and marble jaws the glimpses of the moon.

Answer 1

Answer:

Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three answers.

1. canoniz’d bones <<<<CORRECT
2. hearsed in death<<<<CORRECT
3. we saw thee
4. ponderous and marble jaws <<<<CORRECT
5. the glimpses of the moon

Explanation:

Edge 2021 Dec.

Answer 2

The three phrases from "Hamlet" that provide clues that sepulchre means "grave" are the following:

A. Canoniz'd bones

B. Hearsed in death

D. Ponderous and marble jaws

• In Act I, scene III from the tragic play "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, there are the following lines:

"Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why they sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws, . . ."

• We can use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word "sepulchre" in the excerpt.

What are context clues?

• They are words or phrases an author uses to give readers hints about the meaning of other words or phrases.

What are the context clues in the excerpt?

• Three phrases that function as context clues here are: "canoniz'd bones," "hearsed in death," and "ponderous and marble jaws."

• They all refer to death and to a skeleton. The last one may be a bit harder to understand, but "marble jaws" refers to the white color of the bones one the flesh is gone.

• With that in mind, we choose options A, B, and D as clues that sepulchre means "grave".

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