The answers will be as follows
1. purring kitten. Onomatopoeia. An Onomatopoeia is a word that has the same attribute as the sound associated with it. In this case, the word "purring" sound like the actual purr of a cat. Other example may be words that are used as sound effects like "Ding!".
2. playing people passed the pond. Alliteration. An Alliteration is the repetitive use of the initial sound to form a melodious or pleasant musical feel. In this case the initial sound of /p/ is used. This is common among poem writers and lyricists.
3. I know that goat odor. Assonance. This is a bit like alliteration which deals with musicality of a piece, but assonance is on the vowel that occur inside the words of the line, in this instance the sound that produces the melodic feel is the sound /o/.
4. <span>He looked at his totaled bicycle and said calmly, "It's just a scratch." Understatement. The speaker here uses an understatement of what happened, he is downplaying the incident. This is commonly used in writing stories, especially when the incident that happens to the speaker forces him to resign with the fact that it happened.
5. </span><span>Although the monarchy lacks formal power, he still respects the crown.
Metonymy. Metonymy is the use of a particular word to refer another term, event or person. In this case the speaker used the word crown to refer to the royalty. Other examples may be the white house, to refer to the US government.
6.</span><span> My computer is moody this morning. Personification. The device used here tries to personify the inanimate object. The computer which is an inanimate object was given a character of a human, which was being moody. Another example may be, My alarm clock starts my day by screaming at me.
7. </span><span>"Son, that finger painting is a masterpiece!" Hyperbole. The statement here is overstating the facts. Knowing the the child was the son of the speaker, and that it was a finger painting, which is a common activity of a child, it could be deduce as such.
8. </span><span>"This is wonderful," he said while looking at his totaled bicycle. Irony. The speaker here does not mean that his totaled bike is totally awesome, instead he means the opposite, which was this suck and now he has to either replace the bike, or go without it.
</span><span>9. Her smile is a breath of fresh air. Metaphor. Metaphor is the use of a term to describe a thing that is not related to it. A breath of fresh air would be oxygen, but a smile does not give that. But speaker here means that her smile is full of life and makes him feel happy.
10. </span><span>His disposition is as light as a marshmallow. Simile. Simile are comparisons of objects that uses the marker "like" or "as _____ as a". This is commonly used in most poetry, and often the first literary device a person learns to use.
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My aim in life is to become a violinist. I want to become a violinist because I am talented in playing the violin and I want to thank God for it. Also, I want to make money for my mom and make her happy. She always say "listening to me (don't wanna say my name) play makes my life so much happier". I want to keep playing the violin and get into a good university and then become famous, and then start teaching. When I teach, I want to teach as best as I can so that I can make my student famous.
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C. Gathering textual evidence helps
the reader discover the main idea.
<span>When
trying to discover the main idea within a text, it is important to look for
clues. Clues will be contained within
the text that hint at the main idea being discussed, and this clues within the
text are known as textual evidence and can range from something as simple as a
symbol (symbolism) to something as complex as dialog and allegory.</span>
<span>2. </span>B. Colon
<span>The
punctuation used following a salutation can be informal or formal (there really
is no in between). For informal
communications, you would use a comma, and for formal communications, you would
use a colon. When addressing a superior,
or someone in a leadership position in the workplace, it is best to be
formal. Thus, a colon would be needed
following the salutation.</span>
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<span>3. </span>A. a writing about different facts,
people, events, or periods in history.
<span>Informational
texts do exactly as the name “informational” suggest—they provide unbiased
(non-persuasive), true and non-fictional information (facts) about people,
events, or periods in history. And, this
would generally be done in an order in accordance with the timeline of the
actual happenings.</span>
<span>4. </span>Email address of the sender.
<span>The “from” field in an email will show the email address from which the
email is coming. Thus, if one wants to
know email address the sender used to send the email, one would look in the “from”
field of the email.</span>
Answer:
It summarized the text but doesn't restate it word for word
Explanation:
I believe the answer is A) <span>Asking for directions is better than guessing which way to go.
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