Answer:
Breaking a bill : giving a change
Common clay : Ordinary individual
Trifle : insignificant, little
Larks : Tricks
Explanation:
Breaking a bill : A bill could be said to be broken when a smaller bill or denomination is returned to a person usually after having paid for a service or dashing out a part of the larger bill.
Common clay : This phrase takes out the uniqueness or special adornment, as it connotes 'ordinary' or lacking any special features or characteristic. In the context, common clay refers to an ordinary individual.
Trifle : represents which are of little or less importance, value or amount. Things that may be considered as insignificant.
Answer: D. Supporting an elderly parent financially.
In<em> The Metamorphosis,</em> Gregor works as a travelling salesman in order to support his family. This includes his aging parents and his unmarried sister. During Gregor's time and in his cultural context, supporting an elderly parent would have been commonplace. The fact that the family depends on him financially puts a lot of pressure on him, and increases the problems that come with his transformation.
number 2 in question 1, and number 4 (sorry if it was not useful)
Answer:
B: A letter to a friend who has moved away.
Explanation: An invitation to a birthday party rarely contains a heart-felt and personal note to the reader. Graduation announcements don't, unless the person might be very personal in their speech. Friends writing to each other is probably the most likely to draw some tears.
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>"A moral or a stated theme" is likely to be avoided unless writing a "fable". </em>
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<u>Explanation:</u>
This is because the fable suggests a particular theme or a moral with the help of the story it narrates. The narration of the story gives an idea or a thought to the reader to think upon. It states a particular theme and this statement can thus be applied to the fable and to its writing.
