a. like
it says Like in the second line.
Like and as are used for similes. Thats why it cant be B or D and it doesnt say as so A. Like would be the answer.
The main idea is the first sentence (1). The rest of the sentences support the main idea that cockroaches have some amazing characteristics.
D. Parallelism
The answer is parallelism because the structure of this excerpt stays consistent throughout these three sentences, it starts off with "it does not" in each sentence which creates a structure.
Answer:
"not useful"
Explanation:
The prefix im expresses negation; not, so when you call something impractical you are saying no-practical or not useful