Critical Reading
The question below refers to the selection “from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto IV.”

Why does the speaker of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage admire the ocean?

a.
Many people depend on fish from the ocean for food.
b.
The ocean is beautiful and its sounds are soothing.
c.
The ocean provides a way to travel to faraway places.
d.
The ocean is unchanged by human activities.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

The rhythm and rhyme patterns of the limerick form are important because?

Exit "families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on." this passage from the text best represents which of the following literary devices used by the author? a. the motif of racial prejudice b. the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the characters c. the motif of displacement and separation d. the theme of conflict between those leaving and those being left behind

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey