I think it’s “the newest” or “newest”
        
             
        
        
        
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Welp... Im late but I think the answer is "Barking is a present participle describing the dog."
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Answer: A young man planned a clever getaway from the department store.
The central idea that both "The Quinceanera" and "The Smithville Gazette: Neighborhood Thief Strickes Again" share is the fact that in both stories, a young man planned a clever getaway from the department store. Both stories feature as the main character a sales person, and they tell us the stories of their lives. However, they differ in the jewelry store setting.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Formal and Precise
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Argumentative essays are those essays which provide a perfect solution to convince someone about an idea or opinion that is why their style of writing should be formal. The tone, the choice of words and the way those words are put together must be less personal and precise. For instance we want to provide information about an incident, we should use its exact date and time which means we should be precise. 
 
        
        
        
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The author uses the word "metamorphosis" to describe the "four-stage process of change." They are introducing new vocabulary terms in a friendly context. They also may have included it because it's the most accurate scientific term for the process of growth undergone by the beetle.