3. Read the following lines from “Fable for When There’s No Way Out”:
“Despair tempts him / to just go limp.”
What is the best interpretation of these lines?
a. The chick is angry at how difficult it is to break free from his shell.
b. The chick is so tired he is tempted to rest for just a little while.
c. The struggle to break free from the shell is exhausting, but the chick must go on.
d. The struggle to live seems so hopeless that the chick considers giving up.
4. Read the following sentence:
They want thirty dollars for that old book
How would you punctuate this to make it an interrogative sentence?
a. They want thirty dollars for that old book!
b. They want thirty dollars for that old book?
c. They want thirty dollars for that old book.
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3. b
4. b
are they right?
I disagree with your answer for 3, but agree with your answwer for 4.
3. Read the following lines from “Fable for When There’s No Way Out”:
“Despair tempts him / to just go limp.”
What is the best interpretation of these lines?
a. The chick is angry at how difficult it is to break free from his shell.
b. The chick is so tired he is tempted to rest for just a little while.
c. The struggle to break free from the shell is exhausting, but the chick must go on.
d. The struggle to live seems so hopeless that the chick considers giving up.
Did you find out the answer to #3 yet???
Number 3, is C
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So what's the anser
3. The best interpretation of these lines is d. The struggle to live seems so hopeless that the chick considers giving up.
To arrive at this interpretation, we can analyze the text: "Despair tempts him / to just go limp." The word "despair" suggests a feeling of hopelessness or overwhelming sadness. The phrase "to just go limp" implies a loss of energy or motivation to continue struggling. Therefore, it can be inferred that the lines convey the idea that the struggle to live seems so hopeless that the chick considers giving up.
4. To punctuate the sentence "They want thirty dollars for that old book" to make it an interrogative sentence, you would choose b. They want thirty dollars for that old book?
By adding a question mark at the end, you indicate that the sentence is interrogative, meaning it is asking a question. In this case, the speaker is questioning whether "they" want thirty dollars for the old book.