A. Novels
When writing, it is always best to be as concise as possible in order to have your writing be the most impactful and best understood. Comprehension will always decrease for readers when more words a present. What this means is that you will always want to say what you need to say in as few words as possible but with as many words as necessary. With this in mind, when looking at the underlined words, “long works of fiction,” the word that best replaces this is “novels” because a novel is just that—a long work of fiction. This would be much like using the word “oceans” instead of saying “the water that covers about 70% the world.”
1. look up the words you don't know
2. re-read the article and replace the word you didn't know with the definition of that word
3. If you still don't understand, discuss it with another fellow classmate or what I do is try to find information about the article such as when was it written and who is the audience. Knowing when the article was written helps the reader understand the context of the article and will clear up some confusion.
4. If after finding info about the article and you still don't understand it, email your teacher, inform him/her what you have done to try to understand it as well as tell them what you think the article is about, and ask them if you are thinking in the right direction. If they see that you have put some effort, then they will be willing to help you out.
Hopefully this helped and good luck.
1. Read the introduction and reflect.
2. Look at the sub-headings.
3. Read the summary and reflect.
4. Read the material.
5. Take notes.
6. Watch for lists.
7. Look up words you don't understand.
8. Keep on plugging through.
9. Go back and hit the highlighted points.
10. Review the introduction and summary.
Jeremy will eat and play all day, though he says he is ill.
Jeremy ate and played all day, though he said he was ill.
Jeremy eats and plays all day, though he said he is ill.
Jeremy ate and played all day, though he said he was ill.
O you hard hearts, you cruell men of Rome…
B. The star will soon disappear.
C. The bright star is visible to the eye.
D. The star was visible centuries ago.
C is the answer. Being visible means that it can be seen.