English 4 honors segment 2
question 1 "and suddenly i realized i should have to shoot the elephant after all. the people expected it of me and i had to do it; i could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly."
which phrase demonstrates the author's use of imagery?
a. suddenly i realized
b. wills pressing me forwad
c. the people's expected it
d. shoots the elephant
question 2 "to come all the way rifle in hand with two thousand people marching at my heels and then to trial freebly away having done nothing no that was impossible"
the phrases all the way, marching at my heels, and trial feedly away support what type of word choices?
a. informal
b. formal
c. domain-specific
d. precise
question 3 "when i pulled the trigger i did not hear the bang or feel the kick—one never does when a shot goes home—but i heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd"
what purpose does the phrase by the em dashes serve in this sentence?
a. the phrase is meant to draw the reader away from the sentence
b. the phrase is meant to qualify the author's actions in relation to his first statement
c. the phrase is meant to restate the same concept as the first phrase
d. the phrase is meant to support the final phrase of the sentence
question 4 " i was young and ill-educated and i had had to think out my problems in the utter silence that is imposed on every englishmen and the east. i did not even know that the british empire is dying still less did i know that it is a great deal better than the younger empires that are going to supplant it."
which phrase demonstrates the author's choice to include literal statements?
a. had to think out my problems
b. the utter silence
c. british empire is dying
d. going to supplant it

in advance (•‿•)

1. B. wills pressing me forward.

2. A. informal.

3. A. the phrase is meant to draw the reader away from the sentence.

4. A. had to think out my problems.

Explanation:

1. This is the phrase that best demonstrated the author's use of imagery. Imagery refers to the use of vivid language in order to create a picture in the reader's mind. The author does so by using a phrase such as "wills pressing me forward."

2. These words can be considered informal. It is unlikely that you would use the words when writing an essay or a formal speech. However, in this case, they are adequate as they are meant to represent the thoughts of the author.

3. This phrase is meant to draw the reader away from the sentence in which the speaker shoots, and instead focused on the other times the speaker has shot a gun.

4. This phrase explains that the speaker needed to think out his problems, which in turn demonstrates the author's choice to include literal statements.

the play romeo and juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. this love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over free will or fate?  

the death of romeo and juliet was partially because of free will. the fact that romeo and juliet got married knowing that there was a bitter feud between their families, the montague and capulet’s. this feud brought on many problems, such as the murder of tybalt by romeo. juliet knew that this might be a problem for her and romeo. juliet had said: “what’s in a name”? which explains her ill fate of being a capulet and romeo being a montague. when romeo tells his servant “ ay, mine own…show more content…

i believe they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. this tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting, they experienced love at first sight, got married and quickly were dead. free will became a part of this when juliet decided to take friar laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. when romeo had heard the news that juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “well juliet, i will lay with thee tonight”. to me this line indicated how he feels for juliet by dying in her will. the fact that free will didn’t take control of the story; it left fate to be the murder of the lovers. fate first kicked in when their eyes met at the capulet party. when romeo and juliet spoke, their words had powerful contentment; they had such a strong feeling for one another that they could lay in each other’s arms forever. their happiness didn’t last long; there were many reasons for this, for example; the marriage lord capulet arranged between paris and juliet. i believe that the plot of the play thus far leads the audience to believe that the deaths were a result of fate. the last act will determine once and for all if it is fate or free will. romeo again challenges fate.

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