I think it is the line beginning with take thy beak from my heart...
This excerpt is from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Explanation:
- Ben Roger was Tom's peer. While Tom was whitewashing the fence, Ben arrived with an apple, making a long melodious whoop intermittently with a ding-dong, ding-dong sound.
- He was mimicking a steamboat, reducing speed as if he was measuring nine feet of water. He pretended to embody the boat, the captain, and the engine bell.
- Then he feigned bringing the forty feet wheel to a halt with a ting-a-ling-ling.
The syllables with emphasis in the line "We wear our fingers rough with handling them" are: wear, fin, rough, hand, them.
This line exemplifies iambic pentameter, which alternates between unstressed and stressed syllables, beginning with an unstressed one. For example, WE is unstressed, then WEAR is stressed, continuing this pattern.
-The icy rain hit my skin as I hurried home from school.
-Shawna's anger towards me was evident through her icy glare and crossed arms.
-Charles felt his ears and cheeks redden while he hurried to pick up his lunch from the floor.
Answer:
I would say option B. historical records is the best choice.
Explanation:
“Exhalation” is a science fiction narrative by Ted Chiang, told from the perspective of a being powered by air. The narrator decides to delve into the workings of his own brain, which might lead one to think the best answer is option A. However, an underlying motive for this examination deepens the narrative far beyond the initial impression. The narrator is intrigued by the fragility of memory; every time a being "dies" – exhausts their air – and is revived, they lose their identity. Their memories fade. Furthermore, these mechanical beings have only recently begun to document their history, rendering their ancient past elusive.
After investigating his own brain, the narrator gains insights into its functionality and why memories can easily be lost. He realizes that his kind faces extinction due to pressure changes. Consequently, he decides to document his discoveries to preserve his identity, his race, and their history:
Which is why I have written this account. You, I hope, are one of those explorers. You, I hope, found these sheets of copper and deciphered the words engraved on their surfaces. [...] through the act of reading my words, the patterns that form your thoughts become an imitation of the patterns that once formed mine. And in that way I live again, through you.
Your fellow explorers will have found and read the other books that we left behind, and through the collaborative action of your imaginations, my entire civilization lives again.
