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3 years ago

Which phrase defines “pretensions” best?

2 answers:

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The correct answer should be claims of importance.

It is commonly used for people who think that they are worth much much more than they actually are. Thus, they are called pretentious.

lesya [120]3 years ago

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The phrase which defines “pretensions” best is claims of importance.

Pretensions refer to the form of more serious or of being more important than the actual reason. Also, pretensions may refer to a belief or claim that you have serious value and are important.

For example:

It sounds pretentious that the current government will work for the people after the next elections.

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Describe the tone of each stanza in Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “Poet as Hero.” Provide textual evidence to support your answer.

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Sassoon begins the poem with an angry tone. The speaker describes how Sassoon has changed from sweet to angry:

You’ve heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented,

Mocking and loathing War: you’ve asked me why

Of my old, silly sweetness I’ve repented—

My ecstasies changed to an ugly cry.

As the poem progresses, Sassoon shifts to why he was hopeful when he first started out as a military officer:

You are aware that once I sought the Grail,

Riding in armour bright, serene and strong;

And it was told that through my infant wail

There rose immortal semblances of song.

Sassoon ends the poem with a tone of being content that he has changed in this process:

But now I’ve said good-bye to Galahad,

And am no more the knight of dreams and show:

For lust and senseless hatred make me glad,

And my killed friends are with me where I go.

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3 years ago

Which lines in this passage are a flashback?

Andrej [43]

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Are those who cannot remember the past more likely to repeat it? right it in your own words in 2 paragraph I WILL MARK YOU AS BR

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Answer:

Learning history is necessary in order not to repeat the mistakes from the past.

Explanation:

Those who don’t learn history are more likely to repeat it. This attitude makes sense and it’s rarely arguable. People who don’t remember the historical facts can easily repeat them. It’s normal because society is very consistent. No matter how far humanity has come, not so many things changed.

This phrase derives from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century and the founder of it was George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.

Santayana had a big influence on many philosophical thoughts. His quote that those who cannot remember the past more likely to repeat it is still very well known in the society.

The irony of this quote is that since the 20th century until now there is nothing new. Nothing new can happen without it to be connected to the past, progress depends on retentiveness.

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it” means that we have an obligation to save our past in order to keep the present. If we choose selectively what will we remember, it won’t be adequate heritage to future generations.

Not everything can be found on the internet, this technology field is still young. The one who keeps all the information is history.

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