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What is the effect of diction

Diction is the choice of words an author uses, and the effect of it to create a style or a tone, plus diction is what determines if a text is interesting or boring.

How can you get your pay check stub

Your companies payroll office or whoever is in charge of payroll.

How do modern monsters differ from historical monsters

modern monsters can hide within normal society; historical monsters lived outside of society. ~apex~

Why is Grendel a flat character in Beowulf

Answer this question… . Because the author offers limited background information on him

Which statement reflects the importance of alliterative verse in an epic

it creates a pattern that's easy to remember. ig

What is a characteristic of grendel that is mentioned in the story

He eats human beings

Which scenario portrays a round character

knowing that his next question would reveal the truth to the court the lawyer stared at his guilty client and asked the question anyway

Why is king Hrothgar a flat character in Beowulf

Because the reader is given few details about his personal history

What literary element is most clearly seen in these lines

conflict

Which characteristic is true of modern-day monsters

Answer this question… They are humans who blend into everyday society.

Which statement describes how connotation is used in this passage

Answer this question…

The connotation of the word "ripped" adds to the violent feeling of the passage.

Which phrase from the example contains figurative language

Answer this question…

Its colors a whirlwind of smears and dots

In which passage is it clearest that the author is using diction to achieve some kind of effect

Answer this question…

The mother gingerly tucked the blanket around her sleepy child and crept like a mouse out the door.

Which question is most clearly analytical in nature

What effect does beginning the story in media’s res have on the reader?

Although the story of Beowulf is set in Scandinavia what language was it written in

Old English

What statement best represents the power of the modern-day monster on readers

The monster challenges readers to recognize that a monster could

be an ordinary person, not just an outcast.

What does the kenning body warden refer to

It is armor

Which comment is about the diction of a story

The author´s use of kennings allows her to maintain the rhythm of each line of poetry.-apexs

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