Answer: The phrase "the withered leaves of industrial enterprise" compares failed businesses to a farmland that has been destroyed by drought.
Explanation: By means of the phrase "the withered leaves of industrial enterprise", the writer compares two items that belong to different domains: he/she compares failed businesses to a farmland. In other words,<u> the writer is describing the poor performance of an industrial enterprise in terms of the withered leaves of a farmland, that is to say its dry and shrivelled leaves. </u>Therefore, the writer has established a resemblance between elements from different domains.
Hello. You did not show the answer options, nor did you show the text to which the question refers, which prevents me from answering your question exactly. However, I will try to help you by explaining what a main claim is in a text.
Within a text the main claim is the main idea to which the text presents. It is the subject that the text decides to address.
Usually you find the main claim of a text right at the beginning of the text, because the author needs to arrest readers right from the start showing what the text will discuss about and arresting readers who show interest in the type of discussion presented.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached we can say the following.
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What can I learn from Newsies about what life was like for newsies in New York City in the late 1800s is that it was clear that life was not easy in New York City in the late 1800s.
Indeed, life was hard, more for poor people who had to make a living every day in order to survive.
In the case of the Newsies, they were orphans or boys who lived in the streets and sold newspapers to earn some money to make a living. They had to pay for the newspapers they tried to sell, and if they did not sell all the newspapers, the newspaper company did not reimburse their money.
These boys were exploited by powerful news tycoons like Randolph Hearst or Joseph Pulitzer. That is why the Newsies decided to go on strike on July 21, 1899.
Hunger Games. It is full of action, and is better than the movie. Or... Warrior's, if you like fiction, adventure and action, but Hunger Games is my personal fave.
