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The Lure of Shakespeare assesment questions

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Answer 1
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Explanation:

PART A: The central idea of the text is that Shakespeare's plays have captured the attention and admiration of people from all over the world for centuries.

PART B: The detail from the text that best supports the answer to Part A is "But it was the great French author Voltaire who truly popularized Shakespeare beyond English shores in the 1730s. From that time onward, Shakespeare's works have been extensively studied and performed around the world" (Paragraph 6). This detail provides evidence that Shakespeare's works have had a widespread and enduring impact that has continued to the present day.

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What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Noted for her beauty, Helen of Troy was to become a well-known character in Greek mythology

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The participial phrase in the given sentence is "noted for her beauty". A participial is a word that ends in -ing form (present participle) or in -en (past participle) form that functions as an adjective. A participial phrase consists of the participial and other words that modifies or complements the noun. The participial phrase "noted for her beauty" describes the noun "Helen of Troy".

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for plato users: A.) noted for her beauty

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participial phrase is what describes the noun. the noun being "Helen of troy" and her beauty is what describes her (hell why else would prince paris of troy abducted her)

ignore my sad attempt to make my knowledge of Greek Mythology actually useful for once.

Which most likely occurs because resources are nonrenewable and because wants and needs are unlimited?

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The result of nonrenewable resources and unlimited wants and needs is a limitation on the amount of resources available to consumers. This condition is also called scarcity, which refers to the state of insufficient resources to satisfy people's needs. If wants and needs are unlimited and resources are nonrenewable the resources will start to get depleted before wants and needs are satisfied.

"Don Juan" comments upon the hypocrisies and pretensions of the world.
a. True
b. False

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This is True.

Byron wanted to show what the people in the world were really like and made a twist on his character who was not a womanizer, but was easily seduced by women.

An author who evokes vivid images in the mind of the reader is usinga. syntax.
b. allegory.
c. imagery.
d. metaphor.

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I believe the answer is c. imagery.
The answer is definitely C, which is imagery. I say that because syntax is the choice of words. Allegory is the use of characters to represent imagination. Metaphor is the comparism of things that are not related but have common characteristics. Hope i helped. Have a nice day.

What is the role of a foil in a literary work?

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The role of a foil in a literary work to to provide contrast against the protagonist, in order to further highlight one or more characteristics of the protagonist. 

Which sentence uses the word constrain correctly

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If the options above are really those you need, then I agree with the person who said the correct usage of the word constrainis found in A) Her injury does not constrain her at all; she still skis and plays basketball.

To constraint means to limit.
The options are 

a.Her injury does not constrain her at all; she still skis and plays basketball. 
b.The townspeople tried to constrain the elephant to roam freely. 
c.Every good chef knows how to constrain an egg before adding it to a recipe.

Answer: A 

The word constrain has the idea of holding someone or something back. 
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