Ummmm it’s got more water in it???
A simile is a comparison of one thing to another, for example "smart as a fox".
The only comparison to something else that I find in the lines above is "like the rusty latch" - and this is a simile. The correct answer is then a) .
Answer: A) The writer could make the tone more academic.
Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. From the given options, the one that represents how the excerpt could be best improved, is the corresponding to option A: A. The writer could make the tone more academic, by avoiding expressions like "totally important," "tons," and "it's obvious."
Answer:
Ask the guard POLITELY then you can take the door to freedom
<span>It is either past perfect tense or pat progressive.
Example:
past perfect--- I had cooked when they brought the food.
past progressive---I was cooking when they brought the food.
Had cooked is past perfect, and was cooking is past progressive. Had cooked indicates cooking was finished, and wascooking indicates it was going on or in progress when something else happened (in the simple past).</span>