If you need us to check your answers, it would be good to write the actual answers. :)
However, here is what I think:
<span>1. I wrote an account of my voyage across the sea on the Mayflower. - A. William Bradford (he did write about the Mayflower)
2. </span><span>My persuasive writing opposed reconciliation with Great Britain. - E. Thomas Paine (he was against peace with England)
3. </span><span>My writing style includes rhyming couplets. - C. Anne Bradstreet (her poems are written in stanzas of two lines which rhyme)
4. </span><span>In 1776, when others were hesitant, I drafted the grievances of the Colonies. - F. Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)
5. </span><span>My account of the Middle Passage created a new genre of narratives. - D. Olaudah Equiano
There is no option for Captain John Smith.</span>
I think that could be about action is more significant than talk
1. Imprecise. The chef will not know how long he has to cook.
2. Vagueness. We are not sure how many politician exactly.
3. Incomplete meaning. We just know tall students are allowed to play basketball, but there are no further explanations.
4. Vagueness. We are not sure how many lies do the Prime Minister say.
5. Lexical ambiguity. The word "suspects" have two meanings in this sentence. The first one is a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence. The second is a person who commits robbery.
6. Syntactic abiguilty. We are not sure whether peter's wallet was stolen by General Office or was found by General Office.
7. I am not sure with this question.
8. Equivocation. Common has been used for two times but with different meanings.
9. I am not sure with this question.
10. Referential ambiguity. We are not sure which article exactly. They should provide the name of the article
Hope this help you
The show what the following section will be about so you can go into it knowing what you are reading.
Answer: The answer to this question will be B. Increased
Explanation: The definition of, "Amplified" means to increase. Therefore, this will make sense for this sentence. "Instead of making the music QUIETER, the volume was amplified." The statement is explaining that the music was expected to be decreased in volume, but it gradually increased instead. (Amplified.) Hope this helps!
