Read the passage from "Marriage Is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe. "Have you written to your dad yet?” asked Nene one afternoon as she sat with Nnaemeka in her room at 16 Kasanga Street, Lagos. "No. I’ve been thinking about it. I think it’s better to tell him when I get home on leave!” "But why? Your leave is such a long way off yet—six whole weeks. He should be let into our happiness now.” Nnaemeka was silent for a while, and then began very slowly as if he groped for his words: "I wish I were sure it would be happiness to him.” "Of course it must,” replied Nene, a little surprised. "Why shouldn’t it?” "You have lived in Lagos all your life, and you know very little about people in remote parts of the country.” "That’s what you always say. But I don’t believe anybody will be so unlike other people that they will be unhappy when their sons are engaged to marry.” "Yes. They are most unhappy if the engagement is not arranged by them. In our case it’s worse—you are not even an Ibo.” This was said so seriously and so bluntly that Nene could not find speech immediately. In the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city it had always seemed to her something of a joke that a person’s tribe could determine whom he married.

Which statement about this passage best explains that the village culture is patriarchal?

People from different tribes do not marry one another.

This does not describe the patriarchal system.

Fathers in small villages arrange marriages for their children.

Fathers are unhappy when their children become engaged to be married.

Answer: A patriarchal society is a society run by men. So the best answer using educational reasoning would be C.

Explanation:

The statement about this passage that explains the patriarchal culture of the hamlet is that C. In small villages, fathers plan for their children's marriages.

It should be mentioned that culture merely refers to a person's way of life or lifestyle.

The assertion about this chapter that demonstrates the patriarchal nature of village society is that fathers in small communities arrange marriages for their children.

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What evidence from "To Build a Fire" might lead you to this inference?

The man is arrogant and overconfident.

summary of the poem sea fever​

Narrative writing on I couldn't believe my eyes

Nick uses chronological order to relate his narrative. What effect does this have on his arrangement of the plot? It allows Nick to include extra details as he develops the events that lead to the most exciting parts of his story. It allows Nick to surprise the reader by disrupting the calm setting with unexpected excitement. It allows Nick to omit the conclusion because he states his feelings at the beginning of the narrative. It allows Nick to choose which events he will include and which events he would like to eliminate.

Which of the following has a well described setting that creates an atmosphere?


A. My favorite place in the world is my grandma’s house. Why? Because my grandma lives there of course. She is the sweetest woman in the world. She is always baking cookies and knitting sweaters. She is the greatest and I love her so much.


B. George’s house was incredibly organized. George’s car was incredibly organized. George’s office was, you guessed it, incredibly organized. George felt that whenever anything was out of place, his life would be out of place.


C. Crime in this city is on the rise. We have had five reports of arson in the past year. Some were gang related while others seemed to have been done for no reason. This town needs a defender. That defender is me.


D. The white padded cell was meant to hold the insane, but to be honest it could drive someone insane. The white walls reflected the light, so it never seemed to get dark enough for sleep. The fan in the cell makes a horrible noise and if that does not get you, the constant dripping water will. It is truly a horrible place.

What type of noun is the word in bold? Sally walked along the seashore looking for shells.

Is imitation bad? How did Keller get beyond imitation to authentic thought? How do
wou get beyond imitation to authentic thought?

“the day language came into my life” by helen keller is the book.
PLZZ HELP I WILL MARK BRAINLIEST TO THE FIRST CORRECT ANSWER

Help me filling the blanks using correct preposition.Iam confused in A and B options


a] The children are playing ______the tree.
b] There is a bicycle ______ the children.
c] There are three apples ____the table.
d] There is a dog _______ the table.
e] Some birds are flying ____the sky.

Is the sentence, "Baby Got Back", grammatical?

Read the following short passage and determine if it contains a fragment
Bingham believed that these ruins were the Inca empire's last capital. Known as “the lost city of the Incas."
O A. No, this passage does not contain any fragments.
O B. Yes, the fragment is "Bingham believed that these ruins were the Inca
empire's last capital."
OC. Yes, the fragment is “Known as the lost city of the Incas.***

If an author wanted to write a book that showed the humor and the tragedy of life in a distant country, he or she would most likely write alan
A. parable
B. tragicomedy
C. satire
D. allegory

How many mortal battles did the knight fight?​

What is the function of a claim in an argument?
bel
to introduce the topic
to state the writer's opinion
to state a reason for the writer's belief
to give evidence supporting the writer's belief?

Select the correct answer. Which of Dee's actions in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is in line with the following description of her character? She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for minutes at a time. Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style was. A. changing her name B. taking pictures of Maggie C. eating chitlins and collards D. marrying Hakim-a-barber E. giving the quilts to Maggie

Which element of plot does this excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw" best represent?


The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road.




A. Rising action

B. Falling action

C. Exposition

D. Climax

Click on the box to choose whether the sentence is correct (C), contains a comma splice (CS), or is a fused sentence
(FS)
Don't stack twelve boxes on top of one another, it's the twelfth one that will knock down the pile.

1. By the time his mother arrived Sonam ___________ her homework.(complete)

pouch meaning in english​

Read the following letter carefully before you choose your answer. The following is a letter written by an already established Voltaire to a young and newly published author, M. Helvetius, in 1739. (1) My dear friend—the friend of Truth and the Muses—your Epistle is full of bold reasoning in advance of your age, and still more in advance of those craven writers who rhyme for the book-sellers and restrict themselves within the compass of a royal censor, who is either jealous of them, or more cowardly than they are themselves. (2) What are they but miserable birds, with their wings close clipped, who, longing to soar, are for ever falling back to earth, breaking their legs! You have a fearless genius, and your work sparkles with imagination. I much prefer your generous faults to the mediocre prettinesses with which we are cloyed. If you will allow me to tell you where I think you can improve yourself in your art, I should say: Beware, lest in attempting the grand, you overshoot the mark and fall into the grandiose: only employ true similes: and be sure always to use exactly the right word. (3) Shall I give you an infallible little rule for verse? Here it is. When a thought is just and noble, something still remains to be done with it: see if the way you have expressed it in verse would be effective in prose: and if your verse, without the swing of the rhyme, seems to you to have a word too many—if there is the least defect in the construction—if a conjunction is forgotten—if, in brief, the right word is not used, or not used in the right place, you must then conclude that the jewel of your thought is not well set. Be quite sure that lines which have any one of these faults will never be learnt by heart, and never re-read: and the only good verses are those which one re—reads and remembers, in spite of oneself. There are many of this kind in your "Epistle"—lines which no one else in this generation can write at your age such as were written fifty years ago. (4) Do not be afraid, then, to bring your talents to a Parnassus1; they will undoubtedly redound to your credit because you never neglect your duties; for them: they are themselves very pleasant duties. Surely, those your position demand of you must be very uncongenial to such a nature as yours. They are as much routine as looking after a house, or the housebook of one's steward. Why should you be deprived of liberty of thought because you happen to be a farmer-general2? Atticus was a farmer-general, the old Romans were farmers-general, and they thought—as Romans. Go ahead, Atticus. 1A sacred mountain in Greece, known as the home of the Muses of Greek poetry 2A privileged member of French society who collected taxes on behalf of the king Paragraph 2 could be used to support which of the following claims about the writer's tone? His tone when discussing Helvetius's work is obsequious and flattering. His tone when discussing Helvetius's work is patronizing and demeaning. His tone when discussing the works of others is critical and analytical. His tone when discussing the works of others is deferential and complimentary.

If someone loathes snakes, would that person be likely to adopt a snake as a pet?

young apple-tree, which, planted by birds or cows, had shot up amid the rocks and open woods there, and had now much fruit on it, uninjured by the frosts, when all cultivated apples were gathered. It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. The fruit was hard and green, but looked as if it would be palatable in the winter. Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. The owner knows nothing of it. The day was not observed when it first blossomed, nor when it first bore fruit, unless by the chickadee. There was no dancing on the green beneath it in its honor, and now there is no hand to pluck its fruit,—which is only gnawed by squirrels, as I perceive. It has done double duty,—not only borne this crop, but each twig has grown a foot into the air. And this is such fruit! Bigger than many berries, we must admit, and carried home will be sound and palatable next spring. What care I for other apples so long as I can get these? 2 When I go by this shrub thus late and hardy, and see its dangling fruit, I respect the tree, and I am grateful for Nature’s bounty, even though I cannot eat it. Here on this rugged and woody hillside has grown an apple-tree, not planted by man, no relic of a former orchard, but a natural growth, like the pines and oaks. Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. Corn and grain, potatoes, peaches, melons, etc., depend altogether on our planting; but the apple emulates man’s independence and enterprise. It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees; just as the ox and dog and horse sometimes run wild and maintain themselves. 3 Even the sourest and crabbedest apple, growing in the most unfavorable position, suggests such thoughts as these, it is so noble a fruit. Excerpt from "Wild Apples" by Henry David Thoreau. In the public domain. I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, 5The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, 10The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass. In the public domain. Question 1 Which sentence BEST states the author’s point of view regarding people who are ambitious? A It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. B Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. C Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. D It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees.

In the first paragraph, which line states a reason why humans are at fault for the lionfish problem?
O What was once just an attractive aquarium fish has recently become one of the biggest menaces in the Atlantic
O The lionfish was accidentally introduced into the Atlantic Ocean in the 1990s.
O Because it has no natural predators, it has adapted quickly to its new home
The lionfish now threatens to destroy native fish populations in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico.

6. The discovery of life on another planet would tremendous
excitement among both scientists and the general population.
A. deprecate
B. surmise
C. raze D. engender
7. To me, geese always look_, strutting around with their chests puffed
out and their heads held high in the air.
A. servile B. credulous c. gratuitous D. pompous
8. "Are you comfortable? Can I get you something to eat? You're looking
awfully pretty today. Would you like a pillow for your head?" my brother
asked me, making me very suspicious. Why was he being so __?
A. resigned B. incipient c. listless D. servile
9. “Dost thou take this woman to be thy lawfully wedded wife?" the preacher
asked. Amused by the language, the couple couldn't help giggling.
A. recalcitrant B. soporific c. archaic D. resigned
10. Hoping to sound to his date, Len spent the afternoon reading the
Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and some online articles.
A. hardy B. credulous c. erudite D. incipient

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?
A The puppys' toy was found under the couch.
B The new professor is Blaines' sister-in-law.
C The rattle was the baby's favorite toy.
D The black horse belong's to Franciscos family.

Which of the following best summarizes Roosevelt's list of four essential human freedoms? (4 points) All U.S. citizens should have the same civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. As many Americans as possible should have access to things like pensions and good medical care. Everyone in the world should be able to speak and worship freely and live without poverty or fear. Everyone in the world should have access to social security and employment.

A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal
truth. There is this difference between a story and a
poem, that a story is a catalogue of detached facts, which
have no other connexion than time, place, circumstance,
cause and effect; the other is the creation of actions
according to the unchangeable forms of human nature, as
existing in the mind of the Creator, which is itself the
image of all other minds.

- "A Defence of Poetry,"
Percy Bysshe Shelley

According to the passage, what is the difference
between a poem and a story?

O A poem is difficult to read, while a story is
entertaining

O A poem includes facts, while a story focuses on
human nature.

O A poem is timeless, while a story is tied to a
particular place and time.

n the passage, the author develops the character of Everyman through

What is Noah Joad’s dream in the Grapes of Wrath?

Which sentence in this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country uses parallelism?
In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it any more. It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the
electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the shops, and the
snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails. The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty, and small birds blew in the wind
and the wind turned their feathers. It was a cold fall and the wind came down from the mountains.

Her review of the play revealed her clever _____ when the drama critic simply stated, “If you don’t knit, bring a book.”