Part 8: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? "turns out that a good handful of rappers use a greater vocabulary than shakespeare did , for the same sized block of lyrics ." ( paragraph 1) and the fact that whereas there are many good ways of estimating his vocabulary from concordances and good complete editions, the same was not true for his peers. shakespeare was just better documented and his vocabulary was easier to measure ." ( paragraph 7-8) "what is it that fascinates people about vocabulary size? it seems to offer a neat quantitative measure for literary quality. but this does not stand up to scrutiny." (paragraph 14) "the good thing about busting the shakespeare vocabulary myth is that we can now avoid that particular dead -end in working out what makes his use of language so remarkable and explore more promising ones, such as the abundance and creativity of his metaphors" (paragraph 15)

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.