Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language. In the investigation both of the No dictionary of a living tongue ever
orthography and signification of can be perfect, since while it is
words, their etymology was
hastening to publication, some words
necessarily to be considered, and are budding, and some falling away;
they were therefore to be divided into that a whole life cannot be spent upon
primitives and derivatives.
syntax and etymology, and that even a
whole life would not be sufficient.
Which statement best describes the use of the underlined word in the excerpts?
O Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, but excerpt 2 suggests that studying word origins could be a
waste of time.
O Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, and excerpt 2 suggests that etymology is more important than
syntax.
O Excerpt 1 questions the study of word origins, but excerpt 2 asserts the need to include etymology in dictionaries.
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Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings