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Half the students were failing the course near the end of the school year.
The sentence is written in passive voice because the course is the subject of the sentence and was being failed is the main verb phrase. The course can't fail. The students are the ones who are failing so to change it you must make the students the subject of the sentence. A is the only option that makes the students the subject.
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Simile
She withered our like a smoked salmon
She howls like an animal whenever she is in pain
Metaphor
I will pronounce your name
She was a commodity on the market
Personification
The whole compound was busy
The ocean is calm
Answer:
Narrative chains.
Explanation:
Mr. Dunbar is trying to have the students understand and to remember the terms, and the definition of narrative chains is: "By using the words and associating them with each other you create a firmer connection between the new words and those already stored in your memory."
Hope this helps!
A. Somewhat. The sentence still makes sense without it, and it doesn't matter how skeptical she is since she's still doing research either way, so it can be cut out.
The answer is yes, and it's purpose is to make you understand that it was as if she had been let go.
