The statement about contractions that is true is <u>You should usually omit contractions from academic writing.</u>
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A contraction is the use of symbols or words to shorten a sentence or phrase, which makes it informal.
For example, when the phrase: "You are eating Oreos" is used and a person wants to shorten it using contraction, then he would exchange the "a" with an apostrophe which shortens it and gives you: "<u>You're eating Oreos"</u>
Therefore, the statement about contractions which is true is:
<u>A. You should usually omit contractions from academic writing.</u>
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C. either a or b
You can't just slam on the break on a motorcycle because you could go flying off. And on a motorcycle you have no walls or airbags to protect you.
The word "aestivation" is a noun which describes a state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: i.e the summer version of hibernation.
This is a simile.
Metaphor would have a hidden meaning, an alliteration is when consecutive words start with the same sound or letter, while consonance is using the same vowel inside of a word in numerous consecutive words. None of those fit this.