Question

select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.

len has written an essay about the colors that abbey uses in king lear: cordelias farewell.

he has made a claim about why abbey chose certain colors for the characters, but he has not connected his ideas well. which connecting words or phrases should he add to these sentences to show a logical connection between ideas?

abbey clothes the older sisters in blood-red and black fabrics to suggest their untrustworthy motivations; choose an answer he clothes cordelia in pale colors and white to suggest her innocence. the old king is also dressed in pale cold choose an answer in his case the colors suggest his age and frailty, unlike the rich reds and grays worn by the young, powerful k

Explanation:

Analyze the relationship between the first two clauses

The first clause describes the older sisters dressed in "blood-red and black fabrics" to suggest "untrustworthy motivations." The second clause describes Cordelia dressed in "pale colors and white" to suggest "innocence." These two descriptions represent opposing ideas (untrustworthy/dark colors vs. innocent/pale colors). Therefore, a contrastive transition is required. The option "in contrast" fits this logical relationship.

Analyze the relationship with the third sentence

The third sentence describes the old king also dressed in "pale cold" colors to suggest "his age and frailty." This is a similar idea to Cordelia being dressed in pale colors, but the drop-down menu options shown in the image are "similarly" and "in contrast". Since the first blank is "in contrast", we verify the flow: "Abbey clothes the older sisters in blood-red and black fabrics to suggest their untrustworthy motivations; in contrast, he clothes Cordelia in pale colors and white to suggest her innocence. The old king is also dressed in pale cold colors; in similarly..." wait, the second drop-down is followed by "in his case". Let's look at the text: "The old king is also dressed in pale cold [Choose an answer] ; [in] his case the colors suggest...". Actually, the dropdown is "Choose an answer" followed by "in". If the option is "similarly", it would be "similarly, in his case...". Let's check the options: "similarly" and "in contrast". Since the king's pale colors are being compared to Cordelia's pale colors (both are pale, representing a parallel or similar design choice of using pale colors for different reasons), "similarly" is the correct logical connector to introduce this parallel case.

Answer:

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.

Len has written an essay about the colors that Abbey uses in King Lear: Cordelia's Farewell.

He has made a claim about why Abbey chose certain colors for the characters, but he has not connected his ideas well. Which connecting words or phrases should he add to these sentences to show a logical connection between ideas?

Abbey clothes the older sisters in blood-red and black fabrics to suggest their untrustworthy motivations; <blank>in contrast</blank>, he clothes Cordelia in pale colors and white to suggest her innocence. The old king is also dressed in pale cold colors; <blank>similarly</blank>, in his case the colors suggest his age and frailty, unlike the rich reds and grays worn by the young, powerful King.