ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

There was much _____________ used in the ancient writings, to produce a visual narrative of what had happened.a. commemoration
c. monument
b. symbolism
d. abstractism

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Answer 1
Answer: Answer D: Abstraction
Abstraction is used in paintings and sculpting for representing ideas. It is a general idea or characteristic being represented whereas symbolism is a figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning.

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The sentence "Sickly people cost the company a whole boatload of dough" is not acceptable because _____.

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The sentence Sickly people cost the company a whole boatload of dough is not acceptable because the sentence contains a loaded word as well as slang.
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Why was Chadwick Boseman especially skilled at playing pioneers such as Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall?

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Answer:

B. He spent many hours studying their lives and learning about them from friends and family.

Explanation:

Chadwick Boseman was so skilled at playing the roles of pioneers such as Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall because he immersed himself in the role and learned many things about their lives from friends and family.

For the role of Jackie Robinson, Mr. Chadwick spent months learning how to play baseball and he also spent time learning about Mr. Thurgood, Boseman spent time in Baltimore, Thurgood's hometown to learn more about the civil rights activist to interpret the role perfectly.

Use the present participle of the verb to complete the following sentence.She _____ what she was told to do.


A) did
B) has done
C) is doing
D) do

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The correct answer is C. Is doing

Explanation:

In the English language, the present participle is a form verb that ends in "-ing" and can be used in the present, past or future as part of continuous tenses that describe actions that are continuous in time or as adjectives to modify nouns. This implies in the case of the sentence "She _____ what she was told to do" the only option that contains a present participle is "is doing" as this includes the verb "do" followed by "-ing" along with the auxiliary verb "is" that creates a continuous tense in present and completes the sentence.
C) is doing The present participle is most commonly known as the participle that uses the -ing form of the verb.

What is affirmative action?

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Affirmative action is the policy of facilitating members in a certain group that is suffering from discrimination in a culture. This group is often disadvantaged because of having a history of oppression and slavery. Affirmative action is also to remove every inequality in the areas of employments, education and many more.

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C.If you have two dimes, then you have one fifth of a dollar.

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The answer is (c.) If you have two dimes, then you have one fifth of a dollar.

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What mood do words like "sifts," "powders," "Wool," and "Vails" [veils] create in Emily Dickinson's "It sifts from Leaden Sieves"? a. a gloomy, dark mood B. a mood of quiet transformation C. a ghostly, mysterious mood D. a mood of threatening alarm

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So if you think about the connotations of the words, veils conceal things, sifting implies a kind of search, so I'd say the answer is C. a ghostly, mysterious mood.
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