When the girl was given the name of subhashini, who could have guessed that she would be dumb? her two elder sisters were sukheshini and suhashini, and for the sake of uniformity her father had named his youngest girl subhashini. she was called subha for short.

(i know for a fact that subhashini, means "soft spoken' or 'sweetly spoken' in hindu. but i just want to make sure)

why is the girl’s name ironic?
it means “lovely locks,” and she was born bald.
it’s ironic because subha is the youngest daughter.
it means “sweetly speaking,” and the girl cannot speak.
subha will not be able to find a husband.

Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt from daly's sixteen

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way