Answer:
"Boredom was a terror almost as awful as the work itself."
Explanation:
This is the metaphor that Gary Soto uses in the text "One Last Time. " In this text, Soto describes both boredom and work as awful "terrors." This shows that Soto finds it difficult and disheartening to engage in either of these activities, as he does not enjoy work or rest. The image conveys the idea that Soto has lost all drive and motivation. This metaphor contributes to creating a tone of sadness and desperation.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
In this passage, Douglass does say he knows he left on a Saturday but did not know what day of the month or the year it was. He also knew terms of a ship because he used them the passage.
I'm kind of confused as to what you're asking, but this looks like an outline to me. It's easier to see if you lay it out like this:
Introduction
I. Hook: You see them everywhere you look, sometimes out playing or other times in a house.
II. Topic sentence: three areas of information about cats.
A. Cats are very intelligent animals.
B. Cats give off tail signals.
C. Cats are territorial animals.
See? It seems like a plan for an essay, so the correct answer would be D. outlining.
Answer:
This sentence:
While hundreds of new hair and beauty products enter the market every year: sometimes the oldest solutions are still the best.
Is incorrect.
Explanation:
The reasons this sentence is incorrect are two. First of all the colon is used incorrectly. Because it is used to provide specific information that falls into a category that is produced by the sentence before the colons. However, in our case we don't only receive an example of that category's elements. But an explanation. And explanations shouldn't be introduced by colons. They should be followed by them, making it very clear the following elements are part of the category presented.
