100 points i need help on this (expert level) A. Directions

Read these words and expressions that William Shakespeare invented. Discuss their meanings, choose two, write them below, and give a definition for each. Use each one in a sentence.

World Bank

•budge an inch

•green-eyed with jealousy

•tongue-tied

•knit your brow

•it's Greek to me

•hoodwinked

•dead as a doornail

•gloomy

•eyesore

•a laughingstock

•suspect foul play

•in a pickle

•tower of strength

•fair play

•the long and short of it

•lie low

•without rhyme or reason

•slept not one wink

B. Example

Word or expression: tower of strength

Meaning: a person who is strong during a time of crisis

Sentence: Chris was a tower of strength when the power went out; he calmed everyone's nerves, gave out candles and flashlights, and made sure everyone had something for supper.

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C. Written Practice

Use at least two words or phrases in a paragraph.

Answer

Read the passage from a vindication of the rights of woman. that the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. does wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage? yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.” yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

How does the allusion to icarus support the author’s tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart, like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhart’s failure in spite of her ambition. c)it stresses that the author views earhart’s fate as a mystery. d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone