Answer:
C: a reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event, used to make an idea more easily understood
Explanation:
Allusion is a literary device used to make a reference to a lake or someone known to the reader or the public that is consuming the established media. The allusion is placed to increase public understanding, making a clear and well-defined reference.
An example of this is: "When I left for work, the day was so dark, it seemed like a setting for a short story by Edgar Alan Poe."
Answer:
your answers are D,C,C i believe
Explanation:
i read the passage and i think im right
A medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social media
Answer:
The author develops the central idea in paragraph 1 through 4 stating the fact that companies are deliberately creating gadgets that have less life, so that consumers buy new products.
Explanation:
Excerpt from Gadgets: Built To Not Last is an article written by Mike Elgan. The article talks about the durability of electronic gadgets these days. The author asserts that the companies these days deliberately make gadgets that does not last long. The reason for doing so is that consumer will buy new products once the old becomes obsolete.
The author cites an example of his experience in paragraph 2, how bulb in his lasted only 1-year whereas the bulb in near fire station is working since 1901.
The author asserts that by creating less durable gadgets the company earns money. Because obsolete gadgets will mean buying of new products whereas long durable products will lessen such chances.
