<em><u>*To whom are you speaking*</u></em>
Separate
The sentence uses the word distinctive in the context "three distinct ways". Then the excerpt lists the three ways the 10K is special. Seeing that each of those ways are separate and different it is clear that "distinct" means "separate" in this context.
A simile, it's comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" (in this case "like")
Answer: True
The colon is used to introduce a list of items
