Answer and Explanation:
NOTE: I will use the page number from the book I own. Change it if it does not match the page in your book.
"The Great Gatsby" is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald whose themes concern the degradation of the American dream and society. In chapter 4, the narrator, Nick, is riding in Gatsby's car with Gatsby himself. Up to this point in the story, very little is known about Gatsby. He is this mysterious millionaire who seems to have taken a sudden interest in Nick.
While driving - and speeding -, Gatsby is tagged along by a policeman. He shows the policeman a white card that immediately releases him from having any kind of trouble. Nick asks him what it was, to which he gets the following answer:
‘I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year.' (page 74)
That interaction already reveals a lot about Gatsby. We know he is somehow influential. The Christmas card he showed the policeman is enough to keep him from getting a speed ticket, and probably would keep him from having any trouble with the police whatsoever. Even though we do not know what the favor was, Gatsby is obviously relying on it to get away with wrongdoings, which leads us to think it was likely something shady.
by developing, supporting, or explaining the stated key idea
by stating the key idea developed in the paragraph
The correct answer is it helps by stating the main idea developed in the paragraph.
A. My dog was unable to relocate it’s buried bone.
B. Our old oak tree has dropped all of it’s leaves.
C. The overplayed song has lost its appeal for me.
D. Its been too many weeks since it last rained.
Answer:
The answer is indeed letter C. The overplayed song has lost its appeal for me.
Explanation:
The options provided in the question concern the homophones "it's" and "its." They are commonly mistaken for each other dues to their sounding the same, and are consequently used erroneously. "It's" is the contraction of the subject pronoun "it" and the third-person singular verb "is." For that reason, "it's" is used as the subject of a clause, frequently substituting some previously mentioned noun or referring, for instance, to natural phenomena. The examples below help illustrate it:
- It's snowing again. - natural phenomenon
- My bike is making a weird noise when I try to start it. It's broken, I think. - substituting "my bike"
"Its", on the other hand, is a possessive adjective. It accompanies a noun, modifying it, to establish a relationship of possession between that noun and another one. Study the example below:
- That stray cat is constantly licking its paws. - the paws belong to the cat
Having that in mind, we can tell letter C is the only option that uses the correct homophone, since "its" establishes a relationship of possession between the song and the appeal. The song has an appeal. Its appeal (the song's) has been lost.
Letters A and B use "it's" when they should employ "its", and letter D does the opposite, using "its" when it actually needs the subject+verb "it's".
Answer:Sweeping Generalization
Explanation:
i wish ik but that’s what the answer is
"The best sport in the world."
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
"Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"
"Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney.
"Bah! They've no understanding."
"Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."
reason versus instinct
violence and bloodshed
helplessness of animals
survival of the fittest
I just took the test. It is reason versus instinct. Hope this helped!
c. narration
b. dialogue
d. exposition user: a conversation between two or more characters is called —
a. dialect
c. narration
b. dialogue
d. exposition user: in a tragedy a tragic flaw refers to the main character’s —
a. background
c. personal weakness
b. motive
d. downfall