<span>B) Common Sense helped persuade American colonists that they could successfully wage a war for their independence.
This is a strong concluding sentence because it takes some of the information from the beginning of the paragraph and wraps it up nicely in a way that is clear and concise. </span>
Answer:
The line shown in the question above is an example of a metaphor.
Explanation:
The metaphor is a figure of speech that establishes a subjective comparison between two elements that have no explicit relation, but that can be compared in a poetic and implicit way creating a new meaning. Unlike the Simile, the metaphor does not always use the words "like" or "as" to establish the comparison. The sentence shown in the question above is an example of this, where wishes and thorns were compared implicitly, without using the words "like" and "as".
Answer:
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. I
5. A
6. F
7. J
8. G
9. H
10. E
Explanation:
1. placid - calm and peaceful; difficult to rouse up
2. immobilized - prevented movement
3. citation - a quote, paraphrase, or summary of another person's text
4. lethargically - in a way that lacks energy
5. despicable - inviting or causing disrespect or disgust
6. singular - referring to one person or thing
7. idiom - words that should not be taken literally
8. antecedent - a word that is replaced by a pronoun later in a sentence
9. voice - the thought and speech patterns used by the narrator of a story
10. ambled - walked in a slow, relaxed way
