ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

Which word or phrase best describes the political and religious atmosphere of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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Answer 1
Answer: Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the best response would be "harsh and rigid" (or something along those lines). 
Answer 2
Answer:

Answer:  D. tumultuous

Explanation:

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Read the excerpt from Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" and answer the question that follows. "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." From "The Second Coming," William Butler Yeats, 1921 How does the author convey the tone of the poem in this passage?A. The phrase "blood-dimmed tide" suggests a pessimistic tone.
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The answer is A. The poem has a dark and somewhat pessimistic feel, saying that only the bad of heart have ambition and the good of mind and heart lack the passion and ambition. As well as the phrase "innocence drowned" this shows a more morbid tone.

Will upvote!!!!Why is Cassius so intent on convincing Brutus to join with the conspirators?


A.
Brutus wants to be king, and Cassius knows that Brutus will do anything for power.


B.
Brutus is highly respected, and Cassius knows that joining with Brutus will give the conspirators credibility.


C.
Brutus knows where Caesar lives and can help the conspirators strike Caesar in his home.


D.
Brutus is a well-known assassin who can teach the conspirators how to do the job correctly.

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The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "Brutus is highly respected, and Cassius knows that joining with Brutus will give the conspirators credibility."Cassius so intent on convincing Brutus to join with the conspirators because Brutus is highly respected, and Cassius knows that joining with Brutus will give the conspirators credibility.

Which of these excerpts from poems by Emily Dickinson uses irony?

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Answer:

here

Explanation:

Answer: it’s B

Explanation:Bc the irony is she guessed and crier of the glee

Which of the following is a complete sentence? A) because I had not slept for hours.
B) since she was hungry, she had a snack.
C) although Henry was unusually tall.
D) even when the tempatures improved.

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The answer would be B.  Answers A, C, and D are fragments of a sentence, lacking a complete idea.

Ex: 
A) "because I had not slept for hours" - "because" what? An example of a complete version of this sentence would be "My head hurts because I had not slept for hours."  

In Grendel what poetic is used in the phrase deeds of dead kings

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Answer:

Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration is a figure of language, which characterizes the consecutive repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, mainly in verses and phrases.

Since alliteration is a stylistic resource, we can conclude that the author used alliteration to create a continuous rhythm to the text, besides a sound effect that intensifies the transmitted message.
alliteration. That is a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words

Which literary technique is evident in these words from Beowulf?fain of his fell spoil, faring,

caesura
alliteration
enjambment
synecdoche

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The correct answer is Alliteration. Alliteration is repeating the same consonant or the same consonant structure multiple times in succession. In this case, it is the sound "f" in fain, fell, faring

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