Amateur is a beginner, not professional. But a professional athlete is highly trained :)
A, his first step on the moon's surface
The sentence that has illogical comparison is the second example - A parrot's feathers are more colorful than a parakeet.
It should be ... than a parakeet's.
The feeling invoked by the author is to show the freedom of accepting of fate by the narrator.
Explanation:
The feelings described here are numerous in small amount of time. The feeling of the narrator is at first described to be strangely fearless.
This makes one think that there is something to fear which is why it has become fearless.
But then the author describes the feeling by the use of imagery and we understand that Phil is in fact drowning and these emotions are his understanding that he will now not survive at all.
There is no chance to survive so he accepts his fate and feels strangely free.
Not only is beautiful a more accurate synonym for pretty (sassy refers more to an upbeat, often sarcastic personality), but it also has a more positive connotation. Remember that synonyms are two words with very similar meanings.
Answer is A) beautiful.
