Week 3 Communication Arts

What character, who laments "what a noble mind is here o'erthrown" after being told to go to a nunnery, is warned by her father Polonius to shun Hamlet?

What punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses, or to separate items in a comma-containing list.

What author contrasted the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake with the optimistic philosophy of Dr. Pangloss in the satirical novella Candide?

This author wrote, "A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."

The title of an 1819 story by John William Polidori describes Lord Ruthven as one of these supernatural creatures.

The pale-skinned Edmond Dantes is referred to as "Lord Ruthven" in this novel by Alexandre Dumas.

This god tricked the dwarf Alvis into talking until the Sun turned him into stone.

Name this characteristic of a verb, also called the "diathesis," that indicates the relationship between the performer and target of that verb.

"The bonus part was answered by the player" is an example of this grammatical voice.

What text whose second section is "The Cow" is divided into 114 suras and was revealed by an angel to Muhammad.