3. Work in the '50s and '60s meant trudging to the same office for decades. Same colleagues. Same processes, mostly rote.
Stylistic device used is <em>anaphora</em>. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of sentences.
4. Customer data were nonexistent, or hopelessly unreliable.
This is an example of<em> tautology</em> - saying the same thing twice, but in different ways.
5. Every player on this team will be evaluated - pass by pass, at-bat by at-bat -for the quality and uniqueness and timeliness and passion of her or his contribution.
<em>Parenthesis</em>: this stylistic device is additional information that interrupts a sentence for emphasis. This can be enclosed by commas, brackets, or dashes.
6. And therein lies the peril, and the remarkable opportunity, of his weird, wired, wild new age of work.
Stylistic device used is <em>alliteration</em>; the repetition of the initial consonant sound.
Answer:
looked like as if she was nervous and anxious.
an effort she put to avoid making August feel insecure and judged.
Explanation:
In the book "Wonder", Mrs. Gracia ‘shiny smile' looked like as if she was nervous and anxious not to offend or act differently in front of August.
Though she had been working and taking care of all sorts of children in the school for so many years, August was quite different and extraordinary.
Mrs. Gracia smile could be understood as an effort she tried to make in order to avoid making August feel insecure and judged. She already knew August's circumstances, therefore, she put up with a ‘shiny smile'.
The correct answer would be C.
Answer:
A. water <u>or </u>C. boats
Answer:
D. The author should have used a stronger emotional appeal about how much she hates gym class.
Explanation:
Option D is the statement that best explains a weakness in the authors use of appeal in the passage.
The author tries to state the effect of gym class and why it should be something voluntary in schools. The reasons the author gave did not give enough clarity on why it should be voluntary. A stronger emotional would be better.