Word choice You have seen in the texts you have read that writers choose their words very carefully, especially in poetry . The right word can make all the difference. It can have layers of meaning connotations, or be perfectly apl. Most serious writers spend time choosing just that word. 16. find these. Findling synonyms for a word that springs w mind, so that it is the right word for the context, is part of finding the best word. You will practise doing this in the activity below. You know what synonyms are: words that have the same meanings. You can use a. the one 1. Activity 9.8 Choosing the perfect word (Individual) Here are lines from different poems. The words the post considers the best are in bold. You job is to find a synonym for the word that has the same meaning, but not the same effect of is not as rich in connotation. You can use your thesaurus for this to give you practice. When you have chosen a word, say the lines out loud with both the poets and then your words, Notice the difference in sound. a) My father worked with a horse-plough, His shoulders globed like a full sail strung Between the shafts and the furrow. ​

How does brian feel about working with stacey on the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next

Answer fast. read the excerpt below and answer the question. i will tell you the tale of my wanderings and of the “herculean” labors, as i may call them, which i endured only to find at last the oracle irrefutable. socrates’ use of the word “herculean” in this excerpt from the apology is an example of what literary device? allusion metaphor onomatopoeia simile