This passage does have the claim about the movie's quality. The soundness of the reasoning is relative to the evaluators ideals. Sound reasoning means simply that it is reasoning which makes sense, or is logical. The writer states their discontent for the movie, but lacks reasoning for the over length, poor acting, and boring music. To the individual evaluating, is was distasteful. I would probably say option A.
Answer: The example of personification is in the sentence: He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the <u>wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face</u> and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle.
Explanation: The ability to <u>slap</u> someone in the face is a human characteristic.
Another possible example:
There was a chance that his cries could be heard by someone aboard the yacht, but that <u>chance was slender and grew more slender </u>as the yacht raced on.
Slender is an adjective usually used to describe a person's waist or arms. The word is also used to describe other things such as "a slender majority of voters" or "a slender chance of winning"
Answer:
After the game ends, the arena is preserved as a tourist destination.
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