What does diverge mean in the following sentence?
After traveling approximately 3.5 miles, the old highway will diverge. Stay in the left lane and follow until you see the new mall.
a. the highway will end.
b. the highway will divide into two lanes that go in different directions.
c. the highway will divide into two lanes that go in the same direction.
d. the highway will be made up of two lanes meeting from different directions.
B
Which excerpt contains an example of alliteration?
a. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.
b. Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim.
c. And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden back.
d. I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
C
The following excerpt is an example of which literary element?
"Then took the other, just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear."
a. rhyme
b. rhythm
c. alliteration
d. simile
B
Couldn't A also be the answer for the third one?
I agree with your first two answers.
So, you are saying that fair and wear rhyme in the third one?
Yes, they do.
I think there's more rhyme than documentable rhythm (meter) in these three lines.
To determine the meaning of "diverge" in the sentence, you can break it down into parts and analyze the context. First, look at the definition of "diverge": to separate, go in different directions. In the sentence, it says "the old highway will diverge." This means that the old highway will split or separate into two different directions. Therefore, the correct answer is b) the highway will divide into two lanes that go in different directions.
To identify the example of alliteration, you need to understand what alliteration is: the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. In the options provided, the excerpt "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden back" contains repetition of the "l" sound in "lay in leaves." Therefore, the correct answer is c) "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden back."
Lastly, to determine the literary element in the given excerpt, you need to analyze the text. The excerpt "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim" is an example of rhythm. It has a musical quality to it and flows smoothly. Therefore, the correct answer is b) rhythm.