The answer is the last one, D. All of the other transitions indicate that the writer will either go into further detail on the subject or list other reasons as to why this would be correct. However, D clearly uses a contrasting transition to introduce a new argument.
The Yolk is inside of the egg, so, the Egg is to yolk as suit is to jacket.
Answer:
"And then they arrived - the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages."- Imagery.
"Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence."- Onomatopoeia.
Explanation:
Literary devices are the different techniques that writers use in describing their characters or giving the details of the story. These devices enable better expressions of the ideas and emotions of the writers and their own styles of presenting the story.
In the first sentence, Amy Tan's description of the guests who arrived <em>"in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages"</em> uses <u>imagery</u> in describing them. It appeals to the sense of sight and sound, appealing to the readers' senses.
Moreover, the word <em>"grunted" </em>in the second sentence is an <u>onomatopoeia</u>, where the word is derived from the sound it produces.
1. C. The paragraph gives a brief overview of mad cow disease.2. It's a site where anyone can modify the content. The wiki part of the address tells you this is true.3. The evidence supporting a claim about the benefits of water conservation. 4. Scientific American- it's a scholarly periodical.5. how to set up the yards... The last sentence in the passage introduces this part.6. evidence about the number of people killed during the Spanish flu pandemic.7. .com is the most unreliable as it's the least regulated.8. a fact about the drought9. Today's farm machines can milk more than 100 cows an hour. This fits best because it follows a sentence stating the the milking process is superior. This fact makes that seem true.
