b) Swift's Gulliver's Travels
c) Behn's Oroonoko
d) Richardson's Clarissa
e) Pope's The Rape of the Lock
Answer:
A. ethologist.
Explanation:
was correct on ody ssey ware test
ethologist = fixed, innate
comparative behaviorist = factors influence behavior
B. he was a cunning businessman.
C. he was an intelligent businessman.
D. he was a bright businessman.
The sentence (B) he was a cunning businessman carries a negative connotation.
In this sentence, cunning means shrewd or clever which implies that the businessman has negative qualities.
What punctuation and/or conjunction can be used to combine them?
hours, and the wind
hours, the wind
hours; and the wind
hours and the wind
A.Hours, and the wind.Because the comma comes before the conjunction and.
(Points : 2)
crisp weather that is also sunny weather
crisp, sunny weather
crisp while also being sunny weather
weather that is crisp and also sunny
No improvement or correction is required.
The dog barking in the yard for the last three hours is giving me a headache.
The participial phrase "for the last three hours" modifies "barking". <---
The participial phrase "in the yard" modifies "barking".
The participial phrase "barking in the yard" modifies "dog".
The participial phrase "giving me a headache" modifies "hours".
Answer:
The 3rd option, The participial phrase "barking in the yard" modifies "dog".
Explanation:
A participal phrase consists in a participle (past participle or present participle <verb+ing>) and a complement to the participle (nouns, pronouns, direct or indirect object, etc.). These phrases fuction as adjectives, it means, are intended to modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence.
In the sentence, "The dog barking in the yard for the last three hours is giving me a headache."
Barking is the participle (verb bark + ing)
in the yard for the last three hours is the complement of the participal phrase
The phrase is explaining why the dog is giving me a headache (because the dog has been barking in the yard for the last three hours), so is directly connected to the noun "The dog" modifying it.