A. Distinctive has a positive connotation because connotation is the emotional feeling of a word and distinctive is like special which is good.
The correct answer is C. metaphor.
"Bright beams" that Nature has wrapped in black are Stella's eyes. In a way, it is also a simile, but every metaphor is a contracted simile (without "like").
There are other literary devices in this passage as well: contrast (black - bright), rhetorical question (one that doesn't have an answer, or an answer is obvious)...
Answer:
I agree
Explanation:
I agree because, life is full of struggles. We try our best and get knocked down all the time. No matter what we as people keep going. So yes it is like an examination because no matter how hard it is we keep going and finnaly we pass.
Answer:
playful and comical
Explanation:
From the excerpt, the mood is playful and comical.
This is true because the author revealed that they "pattered pitty-pat, pitty-pat each with feet and toenails, ears and hair, everything but tails,..." This shows that they were in a playful mood. Also, despite the way they pattered, when they got to the Philadelphia union depot, they had nothing to say. This also added a comical effect in the excerpt.
Answer:
verb
past tense: deemphasized; past participle: deemphasized
reduce the importance or prominence given to (something).
"the reform de-emphasized central planning and placed more power in the association of socialized industries"
Explanation:
