“The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant.” “If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.”
Synthesis refers to the output of the task. For eg. if you take chemical substances, the reaction of chemical substances refers to “Synthesis”.
Synthesis in terms of post-reading, the word refers to one of the phase in the reading process where the content which is read are to be connected to what we know already and what we learnt newly. It is the outcome of reading.
There is one another term called “stimulation” which refers to the overall design of the reading.
The correct answers are
Metaphor: She's an encyclopedia; We're just old news; I'm spreading my wings.
Simile: It's hard as steel; He's crafty like a fox; I'm strong like a bull
Explanation:
Both Simile and Metaphor are rhetorical figures used to describe a person, animal, object, etc. by making a comparison. The key difference between these two figures is that in SImile explicit comparison words such as "like" or "as" are used, while in metaphor the comparison occurs directly. This means, in the sentences "It's hard as steel", "He's crafty like a fox" and " I'm strong like a bull" there is simile due to the use of like and as, while in the rest of the options there is a metaphor because comparison occurs directly.
Answer:
This thought had sustained him throughout the years.