Answer:
Skiing and ice skating are to different things, but they also have a lot of things in common , like they both involve cold temperature. They both are played as a completive sport. They also are both really fun to do. They both also involve special shoes to wear. They both are the most common sport to play on the ice.
Explanation:
Just "few" is descriptive word I think
Answer:
How old people live on average → Life expectancy
How economic and political power is distributed between the sexes → Gender Empowerment Measure
How many people live below the average quality of life → Human Poverty Index
Wealth of the whole economy → Gross domestic product.
Explanation:
I have been able to match the description with the economic term.
Life expectancy is usually referred to as the expected number of years one is expected to live. So, it gives details on how old people live on average.
Gender Empowerment Measure (abbrev. as GEM) is known as a measure of inequalities which exists between the opportunities of men and women in a country. These inequalities are seen in political and economical power.
Human Poverty Index (abbrev. as HPI) was known to measure the poverty of community in a country. It was developed by the United Nations. It actually assesses three elements of deprivation that is found in a country –knowledge, longevity, and a decent standard of living.
Gross Domestic Product (abbrev. as GDP) is known to be used in estimating the economic growth rate of a country. It is the monetary value of all the goods and services that are made in a country at a specific period of time.
Question 1: I would say it is an assonance (a vowel rhyme in the sounds of words or syllables between their consonants). In this line the dominant sound is “Sa” which is repeated in the initial syllables of the words , Santi, Sound and Science. Therefore the correct answer is C. Assonance.
Question 2: it could not be a personification since an animal can also howl as much as a person. It is then a metaphor as the wind does not “howl” per see. The noise is produces by the strong speed of the wind and it come in contact with a solid surface that make it vibrate, creating sound. The correct answer is therefore C. Metaphor.
Question 3: The answer is definitely an idiom which means to encourage a person before a public performance. It is based on the superstition that to wish someone “good luck” has actually the opposite effect and thus, wishing someone something negative as breaking his own leg will actually have the opposite, positive effect. The answer is C. Idiom.