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Which four phrases in this excerpt from Robert Stawell Ball's Great Astronomers convey a commendable tone toward Ptolemy's work?

The name, Ptolemy, appears to have been a common one in Egypt in those days. The time at which he lived is fixed by the fact that his first
recorded observation was made in 127 AD, and his last in 151 AD. When we add that he seems to have lived in or near Alexandria, or to use his
own words, "on the parallel of Alexandria," we have said everything that can be said so far as his individuality is concerned.
Ptolemy is, without doubt, the greatest figure in ancient astronomy. He gathered up the wisdom of the philosophers who had preceded him.
He Incorporated this with the results of his own observations, and illumined it with his theories. His speculations, even when they were, as we
now know, quite erroneous, had such an astonishing verisimilitude to the actual facts of nature that they commanded universal assent. Even in
these modern days we not unfrequently find lovers of paradox who maintain that Ptolemy's doctrines not only seem true, but actually are true.

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Answer 1

This question is missing the answer choices. I was able to find them online. They are the following:

Which four phrases from Robert Stawell Ball's "Great Astronomers" convey a commendable tone toward Ptolemy's work?

A. so far as his individual is concerned

B. greatest figure in ancient astronomy

C. gathered up the wisdom

D. illuminated it with his theories

E. astonishing verisimilitude to the actual facts

Answer:

The four phrases which convey a commendable tone are:

B. greatest figure in ancient astronomy

C. gathered up the wisdom

D. illuminated it with his theories

E. astonishing verisimilitude to the actual fact

Explanation:

Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) was an Irish astronomer who, in the excerpt we are analyzing here, is talking about another astronomer, Ptolemy (100 CE-170 CE). Ptolemy was Egyptian of Greek descent. Besides being an astronomer, he was also a geographer and a mathematician.

The adjective "commendable" refers to something or someone that deserves to be praised. If we are looking for phrases with a commendable tone, we are looking for phrases that praise someone. In that case, it is easy to see that phrases B, C, D, and E are the correct ones. The word choice - "greatest", "wisdom", "illuminated", "astonishing verisimilitude" - reveals the favorable opinion Ball has of Ptolemy's work.


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Read the passage.


1.Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote

2.The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,

3.And bathed every veyne in swich licour

4.Of which vertu engendred is the flour;

5.Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth

6.Inspired hath in every holt and heeth

7.The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne

8.Hath in the Ram his half cours yronne,


Which literary device is used in lines 5 and 6?



a non-standard rhyme scheme


irony


alliteration

allusion

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Answer:

Irony

Explanation:

in 5-6 you can understand what the person is talking about while it is contradicting because usually people would not refer to breath as sweet and hath,holt,heeth.

answer: irony

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Which is the most reliable source of information?


A website last updated in 2005


An article in the most recent volume of an academic journal


A long and very detailed article on a website with no author


A personal blog article updated yesterday

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Answer:

An article in the most recent volume...

Explanation:

It is the most recent and most credible, personal blogs have opinionated topics.

Answer:

it is an article in the most recent volume of an academic journal



How did the Chinese view their emperor?

A. They believed all nations belonged indirectly to him.

B. They believed he was a god to be worshipped.

C. They thought he was unfair to commoners.

D. They thought he was incapable of dishonesty.

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

The  Chinese viewed their emperor is They believed all nations belonged indirectly to him. Thus the correct option is A.

What is  Emperor?

An Empire is referred to as an area or community that is authorized to have control of the King. Another synonym that can be used in Kingdom. The kingdom can be a territorial region under the control of the King or emperor.

The emperor was regarded as the Son of Heaven and the absolute ruler of all those under Heaven in traditional Chinese political thought, and he was the one who decided all matters relevant to the prosperity of the country's populace.

The Chinese Emperor, who also took care of his people, had trouble understanding the following information which sometimes creates problems in decision-making.

Therefore, option A is appropriate.

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Which words should be changed to make the sentence more appropriate for a general audience?

called and city
utopian and monopoly
citizens and knowledge
ancient and forever

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Answer:

Citizens and knowledge

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Maira paints a toy box
change into passive voice

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maria painted a toy box

How can you and I set about preventing a murder? You're about a hundred and I'm a broken-up old crock.

What is the literary devices used in this sentence?

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metaphor or possibly personification

When did you notice that your car was stolen? Change into declarative sentence.

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Answer:

Today

Explanation:

Answer:

I noticed my car was stolen ,when i found it missing from where i parked it .

Explanation:


Which sentence has a dangling modifier?

Following in her father’s footsteps, the graduate received her law degree.

Although elderly, driving to the store was not a problem.

While eating a nice restaurant, the patron admired the silverware.

Once on the beach, the vacationers applied sunscreen.

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The sentence that has a dangling modifier is following in her father’s footsteps, the graduate received her law degree. The correct option is A.

What is a dangling modifier?

A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause that is not clear, or they do not make sense alone. For example, 'the big' does not make any sense until we tell what is big.

Thus, the correct option is A, following in her father’s footsteps, the graduate received her law degree.

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Which is a complete sentence?

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Answer:

The second one.

Explanation: Trust

Answer:

Its number 2.

1. My cat pounced on the toy mouse; she probably thought it was real.

2. Kenji memorized all his lines for the play

3. Not even a sentence


a child when he plays likes all the light he makes and he understands them all and with them a game begins.
says the bush of smiles:
-Hello dear baby!
The flower says stop your steps!
catch us say the butterflies
I'm smooth and small, call me a pebble.
Sing the swallow again
I've been calling you the puppy for a long time and he comes and play with me.

the wind says run fast
the apple says I will bake


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Answer:

pls specify your question ❓⁉️

The feelings and evaluations we associate with a word reflects its denotative
meaning.

True
False

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

That would be connotation

False

“The denotative meaning of a word is its main meaning, not including the feelings and ideas that people may connect with that word”

What situation is the best example of a conflict in Judith Ortiz coders gravity

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Answer:

The correct answer is: character struggles to get her parents to understand her. Explanation: Elenita, the protagonist of Ortiz Cofer's Gravity, struggles with her parents because they cannot understand her. For example, they wanted her to be a good Catholic girl who wears a uniform and goes to school.

Read the paragraph from the hot zone.. the author most likely include this paragraph to

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Answer:

The author most likely included this paragraph in 'The Hot Zone' to explain some of the reasons for downplaying the seriousness of the situation. The lines 'When he talked to the Washington Post reporters, he was careful not to discuss the more dramatic aspects of the operation.

Answer:

explain some of the reasons for downplaying the seriousness of the situation.

Explanation:

.,.

Cotton grows in Nepal is transitive or intransitive verb​

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Explanation:

Cotton grows in Nepal of following district :-

Banke,

Bardiya,

Kailali,

Kanchnpur,

Dang

Dote

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Explanation:

Cotton grows in Nepal of following district :-

Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchnpur, Dang Dote

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write an argumentative (discursive) essay about the internet. I need help my exam is tomorrow ​

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the internet it is an outlet used by mostly adults and children though the internet has lots of information that should not be accessible to children. In my opinion society needs to spread more internet safety awareness regarding how the loads of information on the internet can positively or negatively impact children. In my opinion the internet is to advanced for children hence I why I feel that you should be 18+ to access the internet. I honestly feel there should be an experiment comparing how children who have accessed the internet function differently from those who haven’t.

A person’s true character is revealed during intense competition disagree or Agree and why?

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Answer:

Agree

Explanation:

The character possessed by individuals are usually diverse, with individuals possessing its own unique set of attribute. An individual's character may be explained as the distinctive mental and moral qualities particular to such person. In most cases, these qualities are only showcased when required, at theae required time or moment, character are portrayed as reflex actions whereby it is very difficult to hide or fake behavior. At this point, the character showcased may be tagged as 'a person's true character'.

During a tough struggle, fierce or intense competition, it becomes very difficult to streamline one's character die to need and desire to get ahead or fear of being left behind, at this moment, metal and moral qualties exhibited are usually the true character of such person.

3. Which is not a way that the film version of "The Most Dangerous Game" creates suspense?
A. the time in which the film is set
B. the addition of another life at stake
C. the use of dramatic music
D. visual details of the chase

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Answer:

A. the time in which the film is set

Explanation:

Like the book, the movie version of "The Most Dangerous Game" features the story of a famous hunter who was forced to participate in a hunt where he was the hunt. The story is full of suspense elements that are reinforced in the cinematographic version with the use of dramatic music and visual chase details, where the viewer feels all the anxiety of the hunt. The addition of human life to the hunt is already an element that increases the suspense intensely, as it leaves the viewer apprehensive about how the game will end. The timing of the film, however, does not add to the suspense and is just one element of the setting.

Answer:

A

Explanation:

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The author's purpose in writing this article must have been ________.
.To question
B entertain
C persuade
D inform

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Answer:

D) inform

Explanation:

D………… thank meeeeeeeeee

Which of the following best describes the function of “Time” in the following poem, Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Question 5 options: a) The speaker declares that his beloved’s loveliness will live on forever through his poetry, unlike the short-lived summer season. b) The speaker laments the fleeting nature of summer, as it is his favorite season and he wishes its warmth and brightness could last longer. c) The speaker admits that although his beloved’s beauty will fade with time, his love will not fade. d) The speaker explains that he loves his beloved more than he adores the summer because his beloved can love him back.

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The function of time is describes in the sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare as, The speaker admits that although his beloved’s beauty will fade with time, his love will not fade.

What is sonnet?

Sonnet is a fourteen line poem which use rhyme schemes.

Because in sonnet 18, William Shakespeare praise his beloved and her beaty and says that how the beauty will fade away but their love will eternal. So Shakespeare describe time a immortal.

Hence the correct option is, c) The speaker admits that although his beloved’s beauty will fade with time, his love will not fade.

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how does the novel the Great Gatsby represent the dream of American people​

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Answer: The great Gtasby represents the Aemrican dream by showing teh rise of Gatsby by putting down others and starting out poor and ending up rich beyond his wildest dreams. Even though he was rich he could never be accepted by everyone who came from wealth which shows the social divide of the American dream.

Explanation:

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Answer:

12. B 13. A 14. C

Explanation:

HOW AUTHORS ON PAGE 224 AND 233 OFFER DIRECTIONS TO THE READER. BE SPECIFIC.

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Where’s the excerpt???

Which of the following is Not a correct plural form of a noun? A) companies B) tomatoes C) leafs D) crises

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Your correct answer is C.) Leafs.

When writing the plural form of the word "Leaf" you would drop the "f" and add "ves" making the word "Leaves".

Answer:

The answer is C. Leafs.

Explanation:

The correct plural form of leaf is leaves.

he____ out a.has gone already b.already went c.has already gone d.is already gone​

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Answer:

B. already went

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have a good day :)

Explanation:

Which of these citations is correct

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d Ct brbrurvrurgvehvevdurvduev

Answer:

its D.

Explanation: i did the usa test prep

Class 5 Garden Party
17 July 3.30pm
Because of bad weather, tomorrow’s party will now be in the School Hall, Please give party food and drink to Mrs Bloom by 11am.

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Answer:

oh no that's really sad news:((((((((((((

Why are some people so materialistic?

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Our all fingers aren't same. like this all people are also not same. everyone has their own wishes, so some people like to have materialistic things coz they think it will makes their future bright. but they are wrong as money can't buy happiness.

ANSWER:

actualy she's right

where can i find barbie dreamhouse adventures movie​

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Answer:

in netflix the show is way better

Explanation:

Answer:

I can't paste a link my search up "barbie dreamhouse adventures movie​ 123Movies"

Brainliest?

1.He said "I am a doctor ". indirect speech
2.She cooked rice.(passive)
3.You have brought some mangoes(What question)
4.You had not had your meal.(Yes/no question)
5.We are cooking now.(Who question )
6.Did you have medicine (positive )
7.He has a hat(Negative)
8.You go to swim on Monday.(Where question)​

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Answer:

1. He said that he is a doctor.

2. Rice was cooked by her.

3. What have you brought?

4. Have you had your meal?

5. Who is cooking now?

6. Do you have medicine?

7. Where will you go on Monday?

Explanation:

1. He said that he is a doctor.

Indirect speech is when a speech spoken is relayed to another person by using indirect words, changing some of the words while still retaining the meaning of the whole speech.

2. Rice was cooked by her.

Passive voice is when the object comes in front and the verb acts upon the subject.

3. What have you brought?

The "what" question will ask a question asking 'what' is done.

4. Have you had your meal?

The "yes/no" question is when the answer will either be yes/ no.

5. Who is cooking now?

The "who" question asks the question of "who" as the main answer.

6. Do you have medicine?

A positive sentence relays a positive answer.

7. He has no hat.

A negative sentence contains negative words like "no, not" etc.

8. Where will you go on Monday?

The "where" question asks the place or location of an action.

What the correct answer

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Answer:

1. The appeal used here is ethos.

2. MAC uses this appeal in order to show the credibility of the MAC product.

3. MAC creates this appeal by using the actor, Justin Long, a young guy to represent a cool and youthful MAC and comedian John Hodgman to show a PC.

4. It helps the company achieve its purpose by using the credibility of the product to persuade the target audience to purchase Mac instead of upgrading to Vista. The company's intention is to let the audience know that Mac is simpler, more powerful, and a lot more fun- revealing the credibility of MAC through use of celebrities.

Explanation:

Ethos is a rhetorical device which refers to the persuasive technique that shows credibility. When used in advertisement, the technique is to make the audience know the credibility of the product advertised. The aim of ethos is to convince the audience that the product/advertiser is reliable and ethical. So, in ethos, a public figure is used in advert in other to endorse the product.

This is what happened in the above advert Mac when actor Justin Long is used to represent Mac.

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