The strategy that would most improve Laurel’s statement to make it more conventional is option D) “Change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.” When speaking to her new neighbors about babysitting their daughter, Laurel needs to adapt her language to her audience, in this case adults, in order to express her ideas in a way that everybody understands. The rest of the options are incorrect since the language used is not informal and does not interfere with the understanding of her message.
Context clues are phrases or words that help you describe and illustrate a certain word in a phrase, sentence, clause or statement. This in turn guides readers to a certain plausible explanation of a unfamiliar and unrelatable conclusion and this can also reduce misconceptions and misinterpretations about a supposed phenomenon. <span>The context clues in the given options are : his lunch from his kitchen table.</span>
The way in which the narrator conveys the mood in the opening scene at the Eldorado saloon is:
- He shows the men arguing which of the sled dogs is the strongest.
The thing which I can infer from this quotation about <em>Thornton's relationship with Buck </em>is:
- Their affair is becoming mysterious and this is shown as they both save each other's life. Thornton saves Buck from being beaten to death by Hal and Buck saves Thornton from drowning.
<h3>What is Inference?</h3>
This refers to the deduction which is made about something based on available information and predictions from the events.
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