What must speakers consider when they think about what to say and how to say it?

Read the passage. “ah, are you digging on my grave my loved one? —planting rue? ” —“no: yesterday he went to wed one of the brightest wealth has bred.” in “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” by thomas hardy, what has happened to the dead woman’s widower? he has moved away. he has remarried. he has come to visit. he has died.

Which sentence best contrasts two things? a. air travel, like bus travel, is a fun way to get from one place to another. b. air travel is a fun and relatively easy way to get from place to place. c. both bus travel and air travel require substantial planning. d. air travel is much more expensive than bus travel.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.