Look at the lines and sentences below from the reading selections of this lesson. Find the best synonym for each bolded word and

Answer:

As the men from the Swiss family constructed tree houses, the mother spent her time growing vegetables like lettuce, cabbages, and beans.

Explanation:

'The Swiss Family Robinson' is a novel written by Johann David Wyss about a Swiss family stranded on a deserted island.

Upon being marooned on the island, the Swiss men busied themselves with the construction of tree houses. While they worked, the mother, Elizabeth, cultivated healthy crops including corn, lettuce, cabbage, beans, and melons.

She also dedicated her time to cooking meals for the family and taming animals.

Answer: The primary theme of the narrative revolves around the futility of evading death, with the clock symbolizing the certainty of death and representing the flow of time.

Explanation:

"The Masque of the Red Death" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, where a thousand individuals, including Prince Prospero, seclude themselves in an abbey to escape the lethal plague (Red Death).

In this narrative, The Seven Rooms in the abbey symbolize various life stages. In the Seventh Room, "against the western wall," stands "a gigantic ebony clock." The Ebony Clock serves as a symbol of death and its inevitability, while the pendulum represents the passage of time. When the hour strikes, the clock tolls, and all present know that an hour has passed – a reminder that their lives are diminishing and that death is drawing nearer. Just as they cannot halt the clock’s pendulum, so too are they unable to avoid death.

Answer:

The proper punctuation should be as follows:

Explanation:

1. After having lunch at the cafeteria, Ben proceeded to the gym for a swim. A comma should follow the term cafeteria to demarcate these two clauses.
2. As a result of the storm damage, the ferry service will be suspended today. Again, a comma is necessary to distinguish between the clauses.
3. The scheduled training session for the company, originally set for Tuesday, has been postponed. In this case, the appositive (the added information about the training session) should be enclosed in commas or parentheses to separate it from the main clause.
4. If you plan to attend college this fall, don’t forget to register for a discount card. Since the dependent clause starts the sentence (If you plan to attend college this fall), a comma should follow it, similar to the first sentence.