Answer:
The word "boring" is more negative than the word "uninteresting."
The word "horrified" is more negative than the word "unhappy."
The word "enthusiastic" is more positive than the word "happy."
The word "helpful" is the same as the word "caring."
The word "daring" is more positive than the word "reckless."
Answer:
The phrase between brackets is a <em><u>gerund phrase</u></em>.
Explanation:
A gerund is a verb form that can function as a noun in a sentence. It is the '-ing' form of the verb that identifies as a noun.
A gerund phrase is a group of words that starts with a gerund and contains modifiers, nouns, or pronouns that acts as a direct object or can act as the subject in the sentence.
In the given sentence, the words in the brackets is a gerund phrase. It starts with the '-ing' form of the verb.
I'm guessing b. because then those senses help us visualize in our head. I don't know really could be wrong but, hope it helped.
Speakers use colloquial diction intentionally in order "to align themselves with the audience".
• Colloquial diction refers to the use of local or informal expressions. It is necessary in order for the speaker to be more comfortable with the audience.
• Using colloquial diction is also vital for the audience to understand the message that the speaker is passing.
• Option B is incorrect. Speakers don't use colloquial diction because they don't have other ways of speaking.
• Option C is incorrect. Using colloquial diction doesn't mean that it's cooler.
• Option D us incorrect. Using colloquial diction doesn't mean that the speaker doesn't want to speak to people that are not in a particular group.
• The correct option is "to align themselves with the audience".
<span>William Faulkner's speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 * ... Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the ... It is easy enough to saythat man is immortal simply because he will endure: that ... The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things.</span><span>
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