FIGURES OF SPEECH
» Allusion: A reference to something else, such as a work of literature, specifically Declaration of Independence.
» Metaphor: A comparison of two different things that show how they're the same; they do NOT use the words 'like' or 'as'.
» Personification: A type of metaphor in which nonliving and nonhuman things are given human characteristics/abilities.
» Simile: A comparison of two different things that use the words 'like' or 'as' to show how they're similar.
» Hyperbole: Figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis.
» Irony: A figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning of a situation contrary to what one would expect.
» Paradox: A statement that appears to contradict itself but can be true.
ABSOLUTE PHRASE
» An absolute phrase is a descriptive phrase that modifies an entire clause.
<h2>noun + participle + other modifiers</h2>
You have the right to practice your religion freely
Your question is incomplete because you have not provided the answer choices, which are the following:
A) he might have been so absorbed in whatever it was he had found that may call made no impression on him
B) I stood there wondering what to do. Should I go down to the beach?
C) I had always loved and protected K. as if he had been my own little brother.
D) I probably could have run over and dragged him out of reach of the wave
Answer:
D) I probably could have run over and dragged him out of reach of the wave
Explanation:
In "The Seventh Man," by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, the protagonist tells the story of how he lost his best friend during a typhon. Thus, he explains anguishly that he has not been able to put up with that episode, in which his friend is dragged by a huge wave and he is not able to save him. As a result, his experience is so dramatic that it has affected his personal and professional life.
Early Americans wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights because they needed to set up a new government and wanted to be sure it could not abuse their rights. Early American's at this time had just finished a huge war to get out from under one hierarchy. They thought that a democracy would best fit what they had fought for, freedom.
