The speaker tells the story of the minefield before letting us know that theother boy was her father. What is the effect of this narrative strategy?
What will be an ideal response?
- Beginning the poem with the family at dinner and the father narrating his boyhood experience would have placed the story in the distant past and muted its effect. Starting with the minefield gives the incident an immediacy of its own, which is then intensified by the shock of lines 10–11—a shock that is even further intensified by the calm of the father’s demeanor and of the writing itself.
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Trasforma le seguenti frasi dalla forma attiva a quella passiva.
Paolo e Chiara avevano spedito la cartolina ai loro cari amici. ____________________________________________________________________________________
It is especially important to evaluate visual arguments because
a. visuals often evoke an emotional response which may cover up the absence of an argument. b. visual arguments are more powerful than written arguments. c. people who create visuals may have great artistic skill. d. visual arguments tend to rely on visual impact rather than reason.
Listen to the passage once and choose the appropriate answer to the question. Then listen to the same passage again to double check your answer.
What do we know about the male speaker?
A. He likes reading. B. He dances very well. C. He doesn’t know Wang Xin.
Typically, the first part of a term’s definition provides
a. the general class or group that the term belongs to. b. distinguishing characteristics of the term. c. applications or examples describing the term. d. the appropriate context for the term.