Read the lines from spenser’s "sonnet 75.” vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay a mortal thing so to immortalize; for i myself shall like to this decay, and eke my name be wiped out likewise. now read the lines from donne’s "holy sonnet 10.” one short sleep past, we wake eternally, and death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. which statement best describes how the sonnets convey the idea of mortality? a) in both sonnets, the speakers seek to understand why mortality is so final and unavoidable. b) in both sonnets, the speakers say that people need to be immortalized to be remembered after death. c) the speaker in the first sonnet seeks immortality, while the speaker in the second emphasizes the need to accept mortality. d) the speaker in the first sonnet says mortality is inevitable, while the speaker in the second emphasizes that the soul continues on.

English test match match the definition to the term. 1 . adjective phrase a verb form (which may end in -ing ) used as an adjective 2 . phrase a verb form used as another part of speech 3 . restrictive clause a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun 4 . verb phrase group of words without a subject and verb used as single part of speech 5 . gerund phrase verb form preceded by to that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb 6 . participle phrase beginning with a preposition 7 . verbal prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun 8 . adverb phrase participle with complements and modifiers 9 . coordinating conjunction verb ending in -ing used with a verb 10 . gerund prepositional phrase modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb 11 . prepositional phrase a conjunction that joins words or groups of words of equal rank 12 . infinitive an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence 13 . participial phrase a verbal form ending in -ing with its object and modifiers used as a noun

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which

Which of these authors wrote a story that revolved around a captains underwater adventures with his crew and a sub marine long before the submarine was actually invented