In this passage from a lecture Ralph Waldo Ermerson gave in 1837, he focuses on the role of books in education from The Americaan Scholar
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, arnong the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end tich all rmeans go to effecr?
They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better rnever see a book than to be arped by its attraction cdean out of y o orbit, and made a sateline
instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul,-the soul, free, sovereign, acthve. This every manis entitied to, this erery
man contains within him, although in almost all rmen obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth arnd utters truth, or creates
In this action it is genlus; not the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence itis progressve. The bock
the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with sorne past utterance of genlus. This is good, say they-let us hold by this. They
pin ne down. They look backward and not forward. But genius always looks forward. The eyes of rmarn are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead
Man hopes. Gernius creates
(frorn "The Arnerican Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson)
According to Ermerson, what is a drawback of relying too much on books?
O1. They have a short-lved effect on most scholars.
O2. They purport to be objective and may skew facts.
O3. They do not provide a person with a complete education.
O4. They glorifty past endeavors arnd may stifle future creativity.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

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