b. Looking up the word as you think it's spelled
c. Using the first letter of the word and searching through all th entries under that letter.
d. Writing the word the way you think it's spelled to jog your recall
I'm only halfway through the chapter The Laurence Boy.
B.
I'm only halfway through the chapter 'The Laurence Boy.'
C.
I'm only halfway through the chapter The Laurence Boy.
D.
I'm only halfway through the chapter "The Laurence Boy."
A.
A paragraph break should come after the word asked and after the word said.
B.
A paragraph break should come after the word asked.
C.
A paragraph break should come after the word said.
—Samuel Johnson
Answer:
Analogy
Explanation:
Samuel Johnson is explaining his idea of boredom and to explain it , he compares the state of being bored with the life in a city. First, he claims that there are people who can get entertained by themselves and , if they happen to get bored with this entertainment, they will bear it and even become reflective. These people have the mental capacity to do so. This is compared to a walled city that has got enough food for her inhabitants in case of a military siege. The walled city refers to the individual who can cope with his own entertainment and boredom, and the food with the mental ability to do so. The same applies to the comparison between people who depend on external factors to set boundaries to their stupid entertaitment or to keep them away from boredom ; and a city which needs foreing supplies to survive.
Then he’d rebel. If the official school culture was über-nurturing, he’d be über-crude. If it valued cooperation and sensitivity, he’d devote his mental energies to violent video games and aggressive music.
In his book’s prologue, “Prelude: The Barbershop,” Vershawn Ashanti Young describes his ambivalence about trying (and failing) to fit in as a “homeboy” and discusses the academic and economic success he eventually chose to pursue. Because of his choices, he reflects, “I didn’t have to fight to get out of the ghetto. I was kicked out.”
And finally, Audre Lorde suggests that people may try at all costs to accommodate socially imposed constraints, writing, “What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?” Lorde, however, also suggests an alternative to either suffering silently to fit in or rebelling—she encourages listeners and readers to speak out and use language and action to change the social conditions of our lives.
After you have considered Lorde’s question above and the alternative she subsequently proposes, write a speech, a letter (to an individual or organization privately or openly—that is, addressed to an individual but public), or a public service announcement that proposes meaningful change in your community related to the issues raised in these readings. Decide on an audience to address—your classmates; parents; younger (or older) students; coaches; administrators; teachers; church, city, or community officials—and compose an argument both describing a particular “tyrann[y]” or challenge and proposing changes that may improve the lives of those who endure it. Like Butler, Tannen, Brooks, Young, and Lorde, you may use your own or others’ personal experiences (including those of the five authors in this module), hypothetical situations, and reflections to make your case.
comma
colon
period
Answer:
semicolon
Explanation:
The semicolon is usually the correct punctuation mark to link independent clauses and avoid the mistake called comma splice (i.e., splicing independent clauses as if they were a single clause, resulting in confusing sentences).
Example: Markthought it would be a good idea to bring pizza; however, his wife had entirely different plans.
The two clauses are independent because they each contain a subject (underlined in the example) and a predicate (italicized in the example). The semicolon goes at the end of the first clause, followed by the conjunctive adverb, after which a comma is placed before the second clause.