Take a look at this online dictionary entry. language

Etymology

Middle English language, from Old French language, from Latin lingua ("tongue, speech, language”).

Noun

1. A form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.

2. The ability to communicate using words.

3. Nonverbal communication.

4. The vocabulary and usage in a particular field.

5. The words used in speech or a passage of text.

6. Spoken or written words.

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Read this quotation when i do count the clock that tells the time. why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter?

What is the predicate noun in the following sentence? my favorite flower is the rose.

Jeremy planned to read the following poem aloud: wisdom by sara teas daleit was a night of early spring, the winter-sleep was scarcely broken; around us shadows and the wind listened for what was never spoken.though half a score of years are gone, spring comes as sharply now as then— but if we had it all to doit would be done the same again. it was a spring that never came; but we have lived enough to know that what we never have, remains; it is the things we have that go. jeremy interpreted this poem to mean that certain people, places, 'and things are important to us in our lives. but as time passes, we lose those things. what technique could jeremy use when reading the poem to emphasize this idea for listeners? a.he could read the poem rapidly to show how quickly people lose what’s important to them. b.he could emphasize the rhyming pattern in each stanza to represent patterns in life. c.he could read the poem slowly to represent the changes that happen over a lifetime. d.he could raise and lower his voice to represent the good and bad things people face in life.