The answer is debate as in presidential debate
Bertie is using an understatement. It is the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. It is when you represent something as less than what it is. This can be done in writing or in speech.
Answer:
The word in the sentence that the prepositional phrase "on the counter" relates to is "placed".
Explanation:
<em>To place</em> is a ditransitive verb. Ditransitive verbs take both a direct object and an indirect object. In the sentence above, the verb selects the NP "her invention" and the PP "on the counter". The NP denotes the thing located, and the PP the location of the thing. We can prove that <em>place</em> is a ditransitive verb that requieres these two arguments (apart from the subject) by taking out one of them, as this would create an ungrammatical sentence (see 1).
1) *She carefully placed her invention
Answer
Metaphor
Metaphor
A metaphor is a word or phrase that applies to a non-similar word or phrase.
Her hair was not really silk, but is was LIKE silk or FELT like silk or LOOKED like silk.
