The best answer is choice B. Metaphors should not be taken literally. In this example, the word chain most nearly means "strongly held together."
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The most appropriate action to take for the investigator is to send a copy of the informed consent via facsimile to the subject's wife. After she has had the opportunity to speak to the investigator, she can sign the informed consent and fax it back
Explanation:
Since the elderly man doesn't have the legal right to authorize any kind of process, his wife who is his representative get the information and sign the papers before taking action into a treatment besides being an experimental treatment must make it more dangerous and the decision requires more analysis and permissions.
Answer:
Satan is the quintessential representation of evil. In the Bible he is represented as a slithering serpent, hissing his treachery to Eve.
Explanation:
Answer:
1) A nun looked at the narrator's house as if it were a terrible place to live.
2) She is the more carefree child, the one who has her own opinions.
- She is using the wild description of her hair to imply that she is also wild. It wouldn't be choice B, because that's too literal; and C and D don't make sense.
3) She feels like her family is holding her back from opportunities and experiences.
- If she had stopped with the balloon, it would have been a happy metaphor. But a balloon tied to an anchor? Can't fly, can't go anywhere with the anchor holding it down.
4) She and Nenny's laughter is loud and grabs the attention of anyone nearby.
- She's contrasting it with Rachel and Lucy. It's not orthodox, it's carefree and noisy.
5) She feels ashamed that she and Nenny have no money to buy anything.
- Nenny asks how much the music box is, but Gil doesn't even offer it because he knows they don't have any money. Esperanza knows, though.
6) She wishes she had a different name than Esperanza.
- The author is contrasting the two worlds, the hispanic and american, that they live between. Her name is hard to pronounce, and she connects it with sadness and longing.