Answer:
A euphemism is a type of speech that neutralizes a word that has an offensive or unpleasant meaning.
Explanation:
Euphemism is a figurative language that refers to polite and indirect phrases that are replacing the words that can be offensive or rude or very unpleasant.
The purpose of euphemism in writing is to transfer the message in a legit way, by avoiding the censure. This method is usually used to express something in a direct way but not to offend anyone. It is a use of figurative language instead of a direct one.
One example of euphemism is <em>passed away</em> instead of <em>died</em>. Another example of this method is <em>kick the bucket</em> instead of <em>died</em> or<em> mentally challenged</em> instead of <em>stupid</em>.
Answer:
A. Learning
Explanation:
The sentence should be, "Learning a new language as an adult is more difficult than learning one as a child."
C. bicycling to build leg strength. It is the most general activity among the
four choices. Although it says to build
leg strength it is not so specific for what activity it will be used for. The other choices were more specific in their
goals.
Answer:
- The texts use a descriptive language.
- Both texts make extensive use of adjectives
- Both texts explain an event related to illegal immigration.
Explanation:
An informative text is one whose main objective is to teach and inform people about a certain subject. These texts use an efficient descriptive language, capable of showing and describing in detail essential information for the understanding of a specific subject. To increase readers' understanding of this subject, informative texts have a wide use of adjectives, making the explanation clearer and more direct.
Two examples of informative text are the texts "the path to paper son" and "louie share kim paper son", which thoroughly explain events related to illegal Chinese immigration in america.
There are multiple reasons. The most simple answer is because the rain that we consider acidic has a low pH; it has a higher amount of hydrogen ions.
Why does this happen? One is because of the release of sulfur dioxide into the environment to which we humans often contributed. However, it is also possible that increased levels of nitrogen oxide would have this effect as well. And nitrogen oxide can be released through lightning or volcanic eruptions, so these are occurences in nature that don't have anything to do with humans.
