1.My first time in the hospital was a terrible time for me. I broke my ankle during a fight with a classmate and I had to be taken to the hospital by the Headmaster. Everything in the hospital environment sent waves of shivers down my spine and I vowed never to get myself into situations that will make me to visit the hospital again.
2. The action verbs in the paragraph are as follow: Broke, taken, sent, vowed, visit and get.
The helping verbs in the paragraph are as follow: was and had.
Action verbs are those verbs that express action, they tell us what a subject is doing or has done. They are the main verbs in sentences. Helping verbs on the other hand help the action verbs by extending their meanings.
Mercury The Element looks shiny ,silver, and is wet. The god mercury has two wings but only uses them to run
In this excerpt of "Two Kinds", by Amy Tan, the characterization technique that the author uses is <em>Direct Characterization</em>. In Direct Characterization, the author tells us what he or she wants us to know about the character. He writes about the character's physical appearance, actions, attitudes, inner thoughts, and what others think about the character.
C. Characterization.
"Characterization is a literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. It is in the initial stage in which the writer introduces the character with noticeable emergence. After introducing the character, the writer often talks about his behavior; then, as the story progresses, the thought-processes of the character."
Answer:
the answer is b, the boy was a tornado of emotions
Explanation:
a and d aren't even exagerations, so cross them out, and c is a hyperbole.
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