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This entire sentence represents figurative language, as the author is comparing the fog that has swallowed the city to a cat. Cats are often very silent, and the fog, though it is nothing like a cat, is similarly quiet. The author claims that the fog "sits on silent haunches" to express that it stayed in the city for quite a long time before moving on.
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Explanation:
The statement that best describes this excerpt is "Most of the sentences have a similar structure". Most of the sentences that integrate this excerpt have a similar structure because <u>all of them, except for the first one, begin with the determiner "her"</u>. Moreover, <u>most of them have a noun as head of the subject</u>. For example, in sentences 3, 4, 5 and 6, the heads are "cause", "principles", "temper" and "conduct" respectively. Furthermore, <u>most of the sentences have a subject complement</u>. In the case of sentence 2, 3, 4 and 5, the subject complements are "unclouded and promising", "good", "just and liberal" and "serene and firm" respectively. Therefore, the structure of most of the sentences in this excerpt is Subject + Verb + Subject Complement.
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- Preposterous.
Explanation:
As per the question, the boldfaced word that best accomplishes the given sentence would be 'preposterous' as the another option goes completely out of context. The word 'preposterous' implies 'something absurd or ludicrous which is contrary to common sense' that appropriately fits to the context of the sentence and completes as well as accomplishes its meaning. After using this word, the sentence would imply that however, in earlier times the consideration of Earth as flat was an accepted fact but for today's scientist it is simply '<u>preposterous</u>' or 'senseless or shocking'.
Answer:Chanticleer dreamed that he was roaming around in a yard, and saw a "beast like a hound," which tried to grab his neck and kill him. The hound's color was between yellow and red. Its tail and ears were tipped with black, snout was small, and its two eyes were glowing. Chanticleer stops explaining his dream here.
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