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A process of reasoning in which a particular conclusion is inferred from the known facts is called <u>deduction</u>.
I think there is a shift at “...assured him”. From reading the beginning, you would think the person is under arrest, “stay where you are”. But, the sentence goes on to say that the police officer ‘assured’ him that. He could’ve been in danger, so the officer was telling him that help was on the way, just stay put.
I reckon everything but E is a correct answer.
#1) How does the voice affect the characterization and credibility of the text?
Answer: The way that the voice affect the characterization of the text is by giving the story a humorous tone. Also it affects the credibility of the text by overreacting and exaggerating which as a result makes the text not much credible.
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A. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
A complete predicate includes the verb and the rest of the predicate phrase. A sentence is defined as words meaningfully grouped to express a complete thought. Most of the time, it has a subject and a predicate. In this sentence, the complete subject is ‘loud noises’ and the complete predicate is ‘disturbed the neighbors’. Basically, the sentence conveys the meaning that the neighbors are disturbed by loud noises. All the other choices are phrases or sentence fragments.
