c. newspaper would be the correct answer.
Assonance refers to the repetition of the same vowel in neighboring words. Having that in mind, the correct answer should be twice and miles.
As you can see, both of these words have the vowel i which is read as <em>eye</em> in both words. The other options do not have such a repetition of the same vowel which is why they are incorrect.
The boy on the bus gave a thumbs up to the kid swimming because of his t-shirt.
The answer is "WAS". Hope this helps.
Answer:
A. Knowing that the attack might reach us in all too short a time, we
immediately began greatly to increase our industrial strength and
our capacity to meet the demands of modern warfare.
Explanation:
The attack is coming quickly so the logical thing to do is to prepare. The other examples are motivational or pathological statements while the first one (A) uses a clear and methodical string of thought to find a solution for the coming attack.
(If a picture type thing helps you: attack coming soon---what do we do?---begin to prepare for the attack immediately.)
