I know the answer isn't C or D. A or B both seem likely until you see that B involves a 'comma without a conjunction,' either way you should never put a comma before 'and'; I am not sure why but I am pretty sure this only applies in a formal document. So your answer is A.
Answer:
Students whose grades are low can sit for the exam again.
Explanation:
We use whose to introduce the relative clause when we are referring to people or things. In this case, the relative clause talks about grades, which is a thing that is why we use whose. We can replace whose with the possessive pronoun their.
In a sentence, the relative clause functions as an adjective because it is modifying the noun just like an adjective does. In this sentence, the relative clause -whose grades are low- is affecting the noun students.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, whic consists of five "feet" of one unstressed and one stressed syllable (sometimes noted as "x /" ). Every other syllable is stressed starting with the second. It is considered the most standard rhythm in English poetry. As an example, the scansion of the third verse would be as follows.
x / x / x / x / x /
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
Answer:
Metaphor
Explanation:
This is an metaphor because you are comparing them without like or as
"The story of Broken Chains" was written by Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, the setting of many of his stories, poems, and autobiographical pieces. In his writing, Soto tries to recreate the sights and sounds of he Mexican American neighbourhood in which he grew up.
The story is about Alfonso's first date. The story presents problems like the ones many of us face. He worries a lot about how he looks, and everything seems to go wrong.
Here we have a paraphrased version of the passage shown in the question:
When he was four years old, he decided to face the situation and make it to Sandra's house, walking doubtfully and slowly as walking in the water up to his waist. His face was red by the shame. He wondered at how things could go wrong in this his first date, Sandra would probably laugh at him.
