"Leonard is a very good writer he manages to get into his characters and build a believable situation." "The writing is tough and realistic. The approach does owe something to George V. Higgins, but Leonard is nobody's
follower, and he has a style of his own.
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Answer:
1) The correct answer here is D)
Explanation:
The simile that compares the boat to a bucking broncho strengthened the tense mood.
Paragraph 9 reads:
The boat "pranced and reared, and plunged like an animal" repeatedly over "walls of water" repeatedly.
This sort of comparison forces one to think about the kind of attention channels at riding wild and dangerous animal.
The simile communicates great danger to the reader of the possibility of the boat to crash or capsize at any given moment as it slams against the waters and into the huge waves before them.
2) The correct answer is D)
Explanation:
The phrase "<em>The mind of the master of a vessel is rooted deep in the timbers of her</em>" alludes that the Captain of the vessel regardless of how long they have commanded such vessel.
3) The excerpt which confirms the relentlessness and indifference of the ocean is given below
"<em>A particular danger of the sea is the fact that after successfully getting through one wave, you discover that there is another behind it. The next wave is just as nervously anxious and purposeful to overturn boats.</em>"
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Answer:
C. As a practicing physician, I know this new treatment works.
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The answer is A. The car skidded, but luckily no one was near it.
