Part A Read these lines from “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” and think about the underlined metaphor.

I mean, it’s not that you can’t pass
ten or fifteen years inside
and more—
you can,
as long as the jewel
on the left side of your chest doesn’t lose its luster!

What does the metaphor compare?

A. a jewel and prison
B. a jewel and freedom
C. a jewel and a person
D. a jewel and the heart
Part B
What does the metaphor mean?

A. You can live inside a prison for ten or fifteen years if you hold on to your anger.
B. You can spend ten or fifteen years in a prison cell if you have financial resources.
C. You can survive ten or fifteen years in prison if your heart remains hopeful and cheerful.
D. You can be inside a prison for ten or fifteen years, but when you get out, you will discover your life is over.

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.

awnser:

one thing blogging and good copywriting share is a conversational style, and that means it’s fine to fracture the occasional rule of proper grammar in order to communicate effectively. both bloggers and copywriters routinely end sentences with prepositions, dangle a modifier in a purely technical sense, or make liberal use of the ellipsis when an em dash is the correct choice-all in order to write in the way people actually speak. but there are other mistakes that can detract from your credibility. while we all hope what we have to say is more important than some silly grammatical error, the truth is some people will not subscribe or link to your blog if you make dumb mistakes when you write, and buying from you will be out of the question.