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Dark Romanticism: American Gothic — Test

Question 15 • Literature and Composition III

Read the sentence. Having fallen out of the nest, the bird was insensible at first, but then flew off. To decipher the meaning of the word insensible , break the word into

Answer
A
the root insens and the suffix -ible.
B
the root inseni and the suffix -ble.
C
the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible.
D
the prefix insen-, the root eni, and the suffix -ble.

Explanation

Break “insensible” into the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible. The prefix in- means “not,” sens relates to “feeling,” and -ible means “able to be,” so insensible can mean unable to feel or respond. In the sentence, the bird was initially unconscious or unresponsive after falling.

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