Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.” then i saw the dead god. he was sitting in his chair, by the window, in a room i had not entered before and, for the first moment, i thought that he was alive. then i saw the skin on the back of his hand—it was like dry leather. the room was shut, hot and dry—no doubt that had kept him as he was. at first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. which detail most effectively creates an atmosphere of decay? “but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness.” “but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit.” “he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods.” “then i saw the skin on the back of his hand—it was like dry leather.”

“Then I saw the skin on the back of his hand—it was like dry leather.”

In this excerpt, the author tells us that he thought the dead god was alive at first. However, on closer examination, he noticed that the skin on the back of his hand looked like dry leather. This indicated that the God was actually dead. Moreover, the image creates an atmosphere of decay. The god is meant to have died while looking out over the city, watching the city die.

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Explanation:

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

which of the following statements about considering your audience and purpose is false?

you should think about what your audience already knows about your topic.- first choice

32.how is the rhythm in a lyric poem created?

by stressing certain words or syllables- first choice

33. which of the following describes an elegy?

a poem expressing sorrow for someone who has died- third choice

34.how does the audience know that the play is moving on to a new scene?

the scenery, lighting, and props change.-last choice

35. the internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer systems all over the world.- third choice

36. which of the topic sentences below best states the paragraph’s main idea?

there are several ways for students to earn money.- third choice

37.what tone does this passage convey?

satirical- third choice

38.what point is he trying to make by wearing the veil for most of his life?

he means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide it from others or from god.- first choice

39.based on the sentence’s context clues, how do you think the character feels?

excited- third choice

40.what tone does this passage convey?

pessimistic- second choice