Answer:
Here we see a parallel between Gatsby and Jesus, as Gatsby transforms himself into the ideal that he envisioned for himself (a “Platonic conception of himself”) as a youngster and remains committed to that ideal, despite the obstacles that society presents to the fulfillment of his dream.
Explanation:
This is an excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Some scholars think that Fitzgerald was probably influenced in drawing this parallel by a nineteenth-century book by Ernest Renan entitled The Life of Jesus. In this book Jesus is presented as a figure who essentially decided to make himself the son of God, then brought himself to ruin by refusing to recognize the reality that denied his self-conception.
b. they're
c. there
d. it's
Answer: C) Modify.
Explanation: An adjective is a word that describes, modifies or names an attribute of a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives are often used to identify or quantify individual people and unique things, so they are usually positioned before the noun or pronoun that they modify. According to the given information about adjectives, the correct answer is the corresponding to option C.
We grated one-third of that hunk of cheddar cheese.
B.
Amy has collected forty three cans of food for the holiday food drive.
C.
Three quarters of the people who live in this house are female.
D.
The baseball park is one half mile down the road.
symbolism
irony
hyperbole
allegory
2. Joshua read two transgression myths—myths in which a character violates an important societal rule.
In the first myth, the character who commits this transgression is killed by the gods. In the second myth, the character becomes the father of a cursed race of people.
Joshua needs to compare and contrast these two myths. He has written that “transgressors are punished.” Which of the following can be said to be true of this observation?
It applies to both myths.
It applies to the second myth only.
It applies to the first myth only.
It applies to neither myth.
3. Dion is reading a myth. He wants to learn about the cultural context of the myth-tellers. To do so, he will write a question about each of the four aspects of cultural context. He has written the following question:
How did the people in this culture obtain food?
Which aspect of cultural context does the question address?
lifestyle
setting
customs
values
4.In a book Mario is reading, he comes across a reference to Ra, an Egyptian god. Which literary device is the author using?
allusion
simile
metaphor
imagery
.
5.Josie studied a poem about poverty in school. She noticed that the lines of the poem varied in length and number of syllables, and they did not rhyme. Also, the poet tried to make sense of unfortunate events.
The poem is probably from which of the following literary movements?
Classicism
Modernism
Naturalism
Romanticism
1. C) Hyperbole
In literature, hyperbole is a way of writing in an exaggerated manner used to emphasize, to add humor or to gain attention on something. It is common to use words or phrases that are obviously false, such as the ones that Oscar tells his friend. Oscar emphasizes how much he walked to get home, and how tiring and unpleasant it was by stating exaggerated facts, like "this is the hottest day in the history of the world", if this statement were true, he would not make it out alive to his home.
2. A) It applies to both myths.
In the first myth, the character who is the transgressor as well is punished by being killed. And in the second myth, the transgressor is punished by being the father of a cursed race of people. From this, we can conclude that "transgressors are punished".
3. C) Customs
What a group of people does to obtain food is part of their custom as it is something that they must do every day for the rest of their lives, and there is a difference between a group that hunts to get their food or a group that is total vegan, as it tells us something about their beliefs, traditions and customs.
4. A) Allusion
An allusion is an indirect reference to something or someone that is commonly known by people. When authors put reference about people (In this case, the Egyptian god, Ra), they do it because they know beforehand that the person is commonly known, and most readers would understand to whom they are referring too without giving much information.
5. C) Naturalism
Naturalism was a literary movement that became popular in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century, and it was characterized for depicting topics and themes of poverty, low moral compass, scientific principles to explain the causes of events, among others. And when it came to poems, they rarely rhymed as they were focused on conveying an idea, just as the poem Josie studied. about poverty in school.
Answer:
1. Hyperbole 2. It applies to both myths 3. Lifestyle 4. Allusion
Explanation:
1. In the hyperbole, the author exaggerates the statement in order to produce a bigger effect on the reader and it isn't always entirely true.
2. On this observation, Joshua is telling us the main characters at these myths are punished for being transgressors, and that's exactly what happened on both myths.
3. This question address to the cultural context of lifestyle, because it's about the way people in this culture use to do everyday tasks.
4. The author is using the allusion literary device, because is making a reference to someone, in this case the Egyptian god, Ra.