Answer:
Melville's description of Ahab's scar in this excerpt best develops the theme of the ruling of man's present by his past wounds
Explanation:
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 28 of Moby D ick.
It resembled that perpendicular seam sometimes made in the straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twig, peels, and grooves out the bark from top to bottom, ere running off into the soil, leaving the tree still greenly alive, but branded.
Melville’s description of Ahab’s scar in this excerpt best develops which theme in the novel?
The ability of man to let go of past wounds
The harmony that exists between man and nature
The ruling of man’s present by his past wounds
The destructive power of man’s technologies
The description that is being given in this excerpt talks about a wounded tree when in fact is talking about how a person is marked by their experiences in life and even when they might look strong in the outside there is an inner force that comes from that moment in their past that drives them into the person they are now, making their present affected by the experiences in the past.
Answer:
c the ruling of man’s present by his past wounds
Explanation:
c the ruling of man’s present by his past wounds
b. All languages rely on identical symbols.
c. Past experience can influence how we interpret language.
d. Language does not require grammar to be understood.
Answer:
it is C
Explanation:
(25 points!!) an author’s use of specific rhythms and rhyming in order to generate a specific feeling for the reader
including multimedia and pictures within an essay in order to present images to the reader
an author’s use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to his or her work
Answer:
A.
up to 25 miles per hour; modifies through the water
B.
through the water; modifies can swim
C.
can swim; modifies The blue shark
D.
through the water; modifies 25 miles per hour
B) topical paragraph
C) conclusion
D) introduction
Answer:
A) functional paragraph
Explanation:
Within the formal structure of the text, they play a role not so much in content development, but rather in keeping the informational fabric organized and related to each other. They tend to be paragraphs of short length that help to guide the exposition of thought, linking paragraphs with others to contribute to the unity, cohesion and coherence of the text. These paragraphs do not have a thematic sentence that expresses a central idea, since their sentences only collaborate with the development of the main propositions contained in the informative paragraphs that precede them or follow them.