Select all that apply. which of the following are properly spelled words? hinderance incidently environment sophmore mathmatics miniature

1. Hinderance is spelt wrong.

2. Incidently is spelt wrong

3. Environment is spelt correctly

4. Sophmore is spelt wrong

5. Mathmatics is spelt wrong

6. Miniature is spelt correctly.

The answer to the question above would be that the words that are properly spelled are the following ones: Environment and miniature.

All the other words are spelled incorrectly. Hinderance should be "hindrance", incidently should be "incidentally", sophmore should be "sophomore" and, finally, mathmatics should be "mathematics".

shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”