from Ecclesiastes from The King James Bible

Test Practice

Determine Author’s Purpose

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. Why are the pairs born and die and plant and pluck up paired?
a. to highlight the ephemeral nature of life
b. to emphasize that there is a time for both beginnings and endings in life
c. to demonstrate that birth is more important than death
d. to show that spring is the season of birth, while winter is a season of death


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