What a blunt fellow is this grown to be! He was quick mettle when he went to school. blunt – adj. Not smart. mettle – n. Wit; in
telligence. Which statement paraphrases this excerpt best? This guy is really smart, just like he was when he was in school! This man has gone to blacksmith school and has become very dull. This man has gone to school but should not have done because he is just a blacksmith. This man, who was smart in school, has grown up to be unintelligent.
Answer: D) This man, who was smart in school, has grown up to be unintelligent.
Explanation: paraphrasing is to express the meaning of something written or spoken using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity. From the given options, the statement that phraphrases the given excerpt the best, is the corresponding to option D, because it changes the words (mettle=smart, and blunt=unintelligent) but it mantains the meaning of the original phrase.
I would say A, because in different countries, there are different people, and different people think different things. So, i would think that the most important thing is to appeal to as many people as possible.
Negative connotation refers to a meaning that is implied and is not the literal meaning of the word or phrase. Metaphor is an implied comparison between two things that are not related. Personification on the other hand refers to the association of a nature or human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
