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The lesson is that Orson Welles wants listeners to know that humans are vain and are prone to alien attacks.<span />
Answer:
He beat him <em><u>with</u></em> a stick.
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<em>Desire for the drink increased in the eighteenth century, but government taxes kept the price high, so a vigorous smuggling trade developed to avoid the excise duty.</em>
Question: The phrase _____ acts as a synonym context clue to help the reader understand “excise duty''
Options:
- A) drink increased
- B) 18th century
- C) government taxes
- D) trade developed
Answer: The correct answer is option: <u>C) government taxes.</u>
Explanation: <em>A context clue </em>works as a hint that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
<em>An excise duty </em>is a type of tax charged on goods produced within the country and is levied by the government.
A ''government tax'' is a type of<em> synonym </em>of ''excise duty'' so the phrase ''government taxes'' works as a synonym context clue in reference to the understanding of ''excise duty''.
<span>Since the leader consolidated all the power for his own use, the country is now essentially an (autocracy). </span>
