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.
Answer:
A). Another argument parents often make is that children spend too much time on social media.
Explanation:
Wordiness is characterized as the grammatical error in which the writer employs too many words. This clutters the meaning of the sentence and affects its clarity and impact that it is supposed to create. It misleads the reader and confuses them.
As per the question, the first option most aptly removes the wordiness of the given sentence and conveys the key idea of the actual paragraph more clearly and specifically. Thus, the writer must use a precise vocabulary that helps in conveying the intended idea in a simple, clear, and direct manner that is easy to be understood. Hence, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
Hello, the answer is D, metaphor.
For example, "She is a diamond"
Onomatopoeia is an imitation of a sound.
For example, "Pow!" or "Boom!"
Personification is giving nonhuman objects human attributes.
For example, "The branches of the tree danced in the wind"
A simile is a comparison using like or as.
For example, "She is as valuable as a diamond"
Hope this helped. Have a nice day. :)
<span>The excerpt suggests that Johnson’s work is significant because it reflects an exhaustive study of its words.
In the excerpt above, Johnson says that he used many methods in order to compile this dictionary - he read a lot of books, used his experience, and used many analogies for readers to connect words and their meanings on their own. A is incorrect because that's not the point of a dictionary; B is incorrect because he doesn't even mention other dictionaries; D is incorrect because a dictionary cannot only list obscure words.
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English class is like receiving presents on your birthday
or
English class is like having to sit through a movie you didn’t want to see but will be tested on when it’s over.
<span>Similes are comparisons using
the words “like” or “as” in order to give readers a better sense of
understanding when there may otherwise be little understanding or not the
understanding a writer wishes to convey. What this means is that authors will
compare something that may not be known to readers to something that most
likely will be known in order to present the best image understood by the most
readers. Because not everyone may have
the same perspective of an English class as you, for instance, one way to
convey an idea of what English class is to you, the use of a simile would work well. If you enjoyed your English class you might
compare it to something you know your general audience enjoys and write
something like “English class is like receiving presents on your birthday”
because of how each day’s knowledge is wonderful surprising experience for
you. If you hated English class, you
might write something like English class is like having to sit through a movie
you didn’t want to see but will be tested on when it’s over. As you can see the use of similes make
writing more expressively.</span>
