Marking suppose the author changes the third sentence as indicated below: 3the woman shown in christina’s world appears rather young, but in real life, the subject was a middle-aged woman. wyeth, who lived in the maine countryside, looked out his window one day and saw his neighbor crawling across the pasture. many claimed that the woman feared she would contract a disease called polio, but no one knows for sure. which would correctly identify the author's meaning for the word contract? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word contract. a) you should stress the first syllable, because it is a noun that means a binding agreement. b) you should stress the second syllable, because it is a verb that means to be stricken by an illness. c) you should stress the second syllable, because it is a verb that means to squeeze or press together. d) you should stress the first syllable, because it is a noun that means a scope with essential elements.

Which type of poetry often begins by announcing the subject and asking a muse for ? a. epic poetry b. dramatic poetry c. sunnets d. ballads

To the person who said "why are boys always in their lying nature (school project)" lol but nah you jus mess with the wrong dudes

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next