What does the word “state” mean in the sentence? declaration
a condition of the mind
central government
social status

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

Which sentence would not be appropriate for an essay or formal speech? a) most of the titles of faulkner's novels are references to the bible or to the works of william shakespeare. eliminate b) some critics believe that faulkner's novel the sound and the fury is the best novel of his entire career. c) the novels of william faulkner are way too hard to read, yo, filled with all these frustrating changing narrators! d) william faulkner traveled all the way from his home state of mississippi to sweden in order to make his nobel prize acceptance speech.

Match the audience to the description of each speech