Read the excerpt from act iii of the importance of being earnest. jack. that is very generous of you, lady bracknell. my own decision, however, is unalterable. i decline to give my consent. lady bracknell. [to cecily.] come here, sweet child. [cecily goes over.] how old are you, dear? cecily. well, i am really only eighteen, but i always admit to twenty when i go to evening parties. lady bracknell. you are perfectly right in making some slight alteration. indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. it looks so calculating . . [in a meditative manner.] eighteen, but admitting to twenty at evening parties. well, it will not be very long before you are of age and free from the restraints of tutelage. so i don’t think your guardian’s consent is, after all, a matter of any importance. jack. pray excuse me, lady bracknell, for interrupting you again, but it is only fair to tell you that according to the terms of her grandfather’s will miss cardew does not come legally of age till she is thirty-five. in this excerpt, the victorian social code that stresses the importance of manners is most reflected through jack’s words when he addresses lady bracknell. lady bracknell’s words when she commends cecily for lying. jack’s actions when he declines to consent to the marriage. lady bracknell’s actions when she speaks in a “meditative manner.”

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.

What is the purpose of the scene in leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich in which ivan ilyich thinks about the following logical argument, known as a syllogism?

How might current written and oral pieces that we produce every day (blogs, text messages, social network posts, videos, television shows, etc.) be considered piece of folklore?