From morte d’arthur by sir thomas malory then the king got his spear in both his hands and ran toward sir mordred, crying and saying, “traitor, now is thy deathday come! ” and when sir mordred saw king arthur he ran until him with his sword drawn in his hand, and there king arthur smote sir mordred under the shield, with a thrust of his spear, throughout the body more than a fathom. and when sir mordred felt that he had his death’s wound, he thrust himself with the might that he had up to the burr of king arthur’s spear, and right so he smote his father king arthur with his sword holden in both his hands, upon the side of the head, that the sword pierced the helmet and the casing of the brain. and therewith sir mordred dashed down stark dead to the earth. and noble king arthur fell in a swough to the earth, and there he swooned oftentimes, and sir lucan and sir bedivere ofttimes heaved him up. and so, weakly betwixt them, they led him to a little chapel not far from the seaside. what is the main idea of this passage? a knight kills a snake with his sword. sir mordred fatally wounds king arthur. sir lucan kills sir mordred. king arthur and sir mordred are expressing their distrust of each other.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings