A condensed summary compiling information about a particular field of knowledge is a compendium. The answer is option D. A compendium is a detailed and concise compilation of a body of knowledge. It can also serve as the compilation of the summary of larger works. The word compendium comes from the Latin word "compenso" meaning "to weigh together or balance".
Answer:
<em>'He is the same colour </em><em>as </em><em>the earth, and a great deal less interesting to look at.'</em>
Explanation:
George Orwell uses Simile, a figurative language device that compares two things using the adverbs like or as.
When describing the people working on the land he refers to them as the unvisible part of a (beautiful) visible landscape. This is a very subtle way of critisizing the British Empire that ignores (they don´t see them) the working people who, seen by Orwell, are doing important work.
