English High School
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Answer 1
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The complete sentences are:
According to Paine, the government of Great Britain will bequeath nothing that will endure to the colonists.
He also implies that the posterity of any nation has the right to blame their predecessors for their suffering.
Explanation:
The meaning of the word bequeath is to leave something after your death in a literal definition, then in the excerpt, it means that Great Britain won't leave anything of value to the colonist after they're gone.
The meaning of the word posterity in a literal way is the descendants in a family, then in here, it is mention that future generations will live in the place that their predecessors have created and will have the right to blame them if these conditions are not good.
Answer 2
The wordbequeathmeansto leave something in legacy to somebody.
And the wordposterityis basicallyyourdescendants.
Related Questions
A figure of speech that is a technique using a word to imitate sound is called
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Answer:
Onomatopoeia.
Explanation:
Onomatopoeia is (in a peculiar and symbolic sense), a figure of speech that creates a word that phonetically resembles the sound that it describes. In colloquial terms, onomatopoeia is the imitation of a sound through language. One clear example of it would be the word “buzz” as it could be applied to the sound that a bee makes as it flies.
The answer is onomatopeia, Edgar Allen Poe used it in his poem "Bells"
"Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she flung the invitation petulantly across the table, murmuring." What does the word petulantly mean?
A. fearfully
B. joyfully
C. grumpily
D. thoughtfully
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The answer would be (c.) grumpily.
Answer:C
Explanation:?
What punctuation is used with the letter s to form the possessive case of singular nouns?
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You can always use () them or " " them bc it goes better
Choose the correct relative pronoun. To ____ do you pay your rent?
who
whose
whom
what
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The answer to this question is "whom", which fits perfectly and makes more sense.
Answer:whom
Explanation:him fits better than he, so it's whom
How is the underlined gerund used in the sentence? Her hobby in the springtime is gardening.
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In the sentence: Her hobby in the springtime is gardening. T
he gerund in the sentence is ‘gardening’.
It is used as the subject of the sentence. Gerund are verbs used as subjects in a sentence with the root word added by ‘-ing’. Verbs are simply known as the ‘action’ words – may it be mental, physical or mechanical. When verbs are paired with auxiliaries (helping verbs), they are known as verb phrase. These helping verbs always go first before the actual verb.
Plagiarism is often times described as: A. an honest mistake.
B. literary theft.
C. cheating.
D. Both b & c
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Plagiarism is often times described as letter D: Both b & c - literary theft and cheating. Because in plagiarism, you copy the either word by word and the thought of the article without referencing the original author and publish it as your own. In this essence, you are not respecting the author of the article and his intellectual expression. This is not an honest mistake because an honest mistake is something not done on purpose while plagiarism is done on purpose.
I also want to go to Mexico and I am saving for the trip. Identity the sentence that uses commas correctly.
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In the sentence:
I also want to go to Mexico, and, I am saving for the trip.
Sentence structures could be simple (one independent clause), compound (two independent clause with coordinating conjunction), complex (a subordinate & independent clause) and compound-complex sentences (subordinate & two independent clause). These include clauses, conjunctions, coherence and balance and even to the number of words you use in your subject and predicate. The benefit of complex or compound sentences is that it could give you more explanation on the subject or topic of the sentence. This gives you a much more understanding on what the sentence is trying to portray or to message to give.
My brother has never been to Colorado, ________________. and either have I nor me and I also have not and neither have I
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In the sentence:
My brother has never been to Colorado, neither have I.
Sentence structures could be simple (one independent clause), compound (two independent clause with coordinating conjunction), complex (a subordinate & independent clause) and compound-complex sentences (subordinate & two independent clause). These include clauses, conjunctions, coherence and balance and even to the number of words you use in your subject and predicate. The benefit of complex or compound sentences is that it could give you more explanation on the subject or topic of the sentence. This gives you a much more understanding on what the sentence is trying to portray or to message to give.
Use the past participle to complete the sentence. I wish I would have _____ to greet her when she walked by. rise rose rised risen
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In the sentence:
I wish I would have risen to greet her when she walked by.
Perfect tenses serves a portraying the verb or the action word as something that already happened or is completed, thus the term ‘perfect’. If it is present perfect tense, it means that the action was already done relatively to the present (has/have with past participle). If it is past perfect tense, action is already finished relatively to the past (had with past participle and if it is future perfect tense, action is complete relatively to the future (will have with past participle).
Answer:
Explanation:
I wish I would have risen to greet her when she walked by.
The answer is Risen
Determine the nature of this statement. The story takes place in a steel mill in Pittsburgh.
fact
opinion
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In the sentence:
The story takes place in a steel mill in Pittsburgh.
The sentence is a fact. A fact is something – news, information, a talk, a seminar, etc., that is telling the truth and objective. This could be referenced by the people listening to it. An opinion is a declaration of the person’s thoughts and suggestions that is possibly subjective in nature. This cannot be referenced since it is declared by basing of emotions or one’s own perception on the information.
Answer:
Fact
Explanation:
This is a fact stated by either the author, or someone who is aware of the story's setting. Furthermore, there are no traces of an opinion/one's beliefs here, so fact would be the only option.
Which of the following is an abstract noun? A. Honesty
B. Coffee Cup
C. Pencil Sharpener
D. Counter top
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The abstract noun from the above choices is letter A: Honesty Abstract words are words in which nobody could touch or is not visible but gives an idea. The rest of the choices can be seen and touched. Nouns are names of a person, animal, place, event, etc. It could be proper or common noun. Common nouns are names of general items and you find them everywhere you go. These words are not usually capitalized, except if it is the starting word in a sentence. Proper nouns on the other hand are more specific names and they are capitalized.
A sentence that expresses a complete thought and has one subject and one predicate is a _____.
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A sentence that expresses a complete thought and has one subject and one predicate is a simple sentence.Sentence structures could be simple (one independent clause), compound (two independent clause with coordinating conjunction), complex (a subordinate & independent clause) and compound-complex sentences (subordinate & two independent clause). These include clauses, conjunctions, coherence and balance and even to the number of words you use in your subject and predicate. The benefit of complex or compound sentences is that it could give you more explanation on the subject or topic of the sentence. This gives you a much more understanding on what the sentence is trying to portray or to message to give.
A word element attached to a root word that changes its meaning is called: a. Affix
c. Suffix
b. Prefix
d. Root
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Descriptive words can give writing
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Descriptive words can give writing a broader sense of meaning. Through the words used in each sentence and paragraph, it gives the writing the power to ground the readers to what the author wanted them to imagine, to put them in the place where the author wants to go, to give the readers a taste of fantasy and for them to understand more on the topic. It gives the participants to imagine the current event and let them interpret freely depending on their perception and understanding.
Isabel Burnell wanted to impress her classmates with the new doll's house. a. Active
b. Passive
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In the sentence:
Isabel Burnell wanted to impress her classmates with the new doll's house.
It is a passive type of a sentence, meaning the subject is indirect, with comma, or uses ‘by’ or im this case ‘with’.
Here, the verb used is past while in active sentence, the verb used is in present tense and is direct in giving out information. If the sentence is changed into active form of the sentence, it could be: Isabel Burnell’s new doll's house impressed her classmates.
Answer:
letter B
Explanation:
Descriptive words can give writing
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Descriptive words can give writing a broader sense of meaning. Through the words used in each sentence and paragraph, it gives the writing the power to ground the readers to what the author wanted them to imagine, to put them in the place where the author wants to go, to give the readers a taste of fantasy and for them to understand more on the topic. It gives the participants to imagine the current event and let them interpret freely depending on their perception and understanding.
Choose the sentence that has a subject complement. A. The nurse felt my pulse.
B. The day ended with many surprises.
C. We can't leave without seeing her.
D. I felt much better.
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B. The day ended with many surprises.
Appositive is noun or noun phrase in which retitles, renames and helps describe the noun that is adjacent to it in the sentence. The appositive is like a more clear illustration or wants to illuminate the said subject in the statement.
1.The appositive word in the sentence isthe author. Which describes and renames Gary Jackson in the sentence
2. It renames Charles Dickens.
A clause that cannot stand on its own as a sentence is known as a(n) A. dependent clause.
B. adverbial clause.
C. prepositional clause.
D. modifying clause.
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A clause that cannot stand on its own as a sentence is letter A: dependent clause.
A sentence basically has a subject, the object of the sentence or doer of the action and predicate, the verb, the adjective, etc. Sentence structures could be simple (one independent clause), compound (two independent clause with coordinating conjunction), complex (a subordinate & independent clause) and compound-complex sentences (subordinate & two independent clause). These include clauses, conjunctions, coherence and balance and even to the number of words you use in your subject and predicate. The benefit of complex or compound sentences is that it could give you more explanation on the subject or topic of the sentence. This gives you a much more understanding on what the sentence is trying to portray or to message to give.
Answer (A).
Explanation:
because independent stands alone and therefore it would be the opposite fro dependent where dependent stands alone
Of these four words, which one is most likely to have a negative flavor? A. Distract
B. Confound
C. Harangue
D. Meander
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First, let us define each word with their dictionary definitions:
Confuse is making a person not certain or unable to understand onto something.
Meander is a ‘winding path or course’ (e.g. a river or a road)
Harangue is a speech which is forceful or angry
Distract is causing someone ‘to stop thinking about or paying attention’ onto something or someone
With the words and their meaning, the word that is most likely to have a negative flavor or connotation is letter C: Harangue.
Answer: Harangue hope this helps
Sources must be cited in order to A. paraphrase.
B. provide supporting evidence.
C. summarize information.
D. avoid plagiarism.
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Sources must be cited in order to avoid plagiarism. The answer's D. avoid plagiarism.It is important to cite the sources to give credits to whom/where it is due or else you will be charge of theft. The terms “borrowing” and “copying” the idea you get from books, in the internet, or other source materialsmight be a disguise to some serious offense. It is a crime to copy or steal someone’s idea or work of others because it is considered as anintellectual property and it is protected by the copyright law. This is what plagiarism is, stealing one’s idea and not citing the sources right.