Diction- Word choices made for tone and clarity (E)
- Diction is a writer's unique style of writing, especially his word choice or order
Transitions- Words that connect ideas and paragraphs (B)
- Some examples of transitions include and, in addition, next, last, etc...
Unity- Staying on topic in an essay or paragraph (A)
- Your ideas should be united, or on the same topic, to make sure your essay flows well. It wouldn't make sense if you jumped around from topic to topic.
Usage- Correctness of phrases and clauses (C)
- You need to make sure that you <u>use</u> correct phrases and clauses for your writing to make sense.
Syntax- The order of words in a sentence (D)
- There are three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
She gave assurance that she would look into my case personally.
he, being adamant, was persistent that I should be in the meeting as well.
I'm up to my ears in work so I'm afraid I can't come out tonight.
Most of the students are in favour of change to the current system and voted accordingly.
Most of his problems stemmed from the fact he had not done enough work.
share prices have taken a free fall since the beginning of the week.
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Answer:
The meaning of the word "automation" in the sentence "the automation of telephone answering frustrates many people" is:
A.the use of machines that work on their own
According to the given question, we are told that the way the telephone answering is automated, frustrates a lot of people.
The word automated means done automatically, or by its self. As a result of this, we can infer that the meaning of the word as used in the sentence is that the machines work on their own
The other options are incorrect because they do not show or convey the idea that the machines do the answering on their own, without any external help.
Therefore, the answer is option A.
