This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronouns.
Diana found the story difficult to believe______________.
A. she
B. itself
C. herself
Answer:
Diana found the story difficult to believe herself.
Explanation:
<u>Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize the nouns they refer to.</u> We need to be careful because intensive pronouns and reflexive pronouns are actually the same - myself, yourself, himself, etc. It is the use in context that differs.
In the sentence we are supposed to complete, we need to choose the appropriate intensive pronoun among the options. <u>Since "she" is a subject pronoun, we can already eliminate it. If we use "itself", we will be emphasizing "story". However, the person who has difficulty believing the story is Diana. She is the one who should be emphasized. Therefore, we can eliminate "itself" and safely choose "herself".</u>
Diana found the story difficult to believe herself.
The correct answer to this is:
The Cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his size.
The similie suggests that even Cyclops is laying down he is still huge and looks like a mast among the sheep.
In the excerpt from Part 2 of the Odyssey, Cyclops is not compared to Zeus, rather the men are "lifting hands to Zeus" (praying) because they are being eaten and need help from Gods.
Also, Cyclops does not surrender, he is taking a nap as he is full after his meal.
B is correct, "<span> Christina and I went to the same summer camp for years (since we were 8)" </span>parentheses are used when you have some extra information you want to add, but its not completely necessary. Like how they started going to the same summer camp when they were 8, you can still read the sentence fine without it, but it's a nice piece of information.
