Place the appropriate punctuation mark in the following sentences. The spaces for punctuation are marked for you. Choose between comma, semicolon, and colon. (15 Marks) The Library of Congress acquires more than 10 ___(1)___ 000 new items per working day ___(2)___ that’s an incredible number at the end of each year. Actually ___(3)___ as mentioned previously __(4) there are three buildings that make up the Library of Congress __(5) the Thomas Jefferson Building __(6) named after Thomas Jefferson __(7) The Adams Building __(8) named after John Adams __(9) and the Madison Building __(10) named after James Madison.

Though all three of these buildings are visually distinct __(11) all of them have the same primary purpose __(12) to house books __(13)films __(14) maps __(15)___ and other forms of information for the United States.

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.