What was a goal of realism authors?
a. to show an honest portrayal of life
b. exaggerate life's foibles
c. to show life as melodrama
d. to portray life as romantized experience

The correct answer is A. To show an honest portrayal of life

Explanation:

Realism, which is also called naturalism, refers to an artistic movement that aimed at representing subject matters as it really is avoiding artificial or implausible elements that could disrupt the real nature of the subject-matter being depicted even when this implies emphasizing the mundane. The Realism movement in artistic terms began in 1850 in France and extended to other fields such as literature, theater or cinema which also aimed at showing an accurate or real depiction of life. Thus, the authors of Realism (who followed the principles of the movement) aimed at showing an honest and accurate portrayal of life or showing how real life was.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

they are direct opposites. they can both be corrupted. they are inseparable.