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What type of figure of speech is used in the following sentence?

The lady in the water screamed like a banshee. 


Select one:

a.

Personification

b.

Simile

c.

Hyperbole

d.

Metaphor

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Read the following example of a definition paragraph:

The term protein quality refers to the ratio of essential amino acids (eaa) in a protein in comparison with the ratio required by the body. A high quality protein contains eaa in a ratio that matches human requirements. A protein which is lacking or low in one or more eaa is termed a low quality protein. The eaa which is in the shortest supply is called the ‘limiting’ amino acid. In general, animal proteins tend to be high quality while vegetable proteins tend to be low quality. The exception is soy protein which is quite high quality. 


What is the strategy used in the development of the paragraph?

Select one:

a.

Etymology

b.

Connotation

c.

Comparison

d.

Intensive definition

e.

Contrast

f.

Extensive definition

g.

Denotation

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Read the following excerpt from the short story, Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez: 


Alfredo remembered that period with a wonder not unmixed with shame. That was less than four years ago. He could not understand those months of a great hunger that was not of the body nor yet of the mind, a craving that had seized on him one quiet night when the moon was abroad and under the dappled shadow of the trees in the plaza, man wooed maid. Was he being cheated by life? Love--he seemed to have missed it. Or was the love that others told about a mere fabrication of perfervid imagination, an exaggeration of the commonplace, a glorification of insipid monotonies such as made up his love life? Was love a combination of circumstances, or sheer native capacity of soul? In those days love was, for him, still the eternal puzzle; for love, as he knew it, was a stranger to love as he divined it might be. 

What narrative device was used in the paragraph?

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Type TRUE if the given statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect.

It's best to think of different topics and discover various points of focus so you can keep your options open before writing.

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A pre-writing strategy which is the process of pouring out all your thoughts nonstop in an exact order, language and form as you think them. Select one:

a.

Brainstorming

b.

Freewriting

c.

Clustering

d.

Looping

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Refer to the given paragraph below on The Great Wall of China:

The Great Wall, or Chang Cheng in Chinese, is massive. It begins in the east at the Yellow Sea, travels near China’s capital, Beijing, and continues west through numerous provinces. For thousands of miles, it winds like a snake through China’s varied terrain. Smaller walls extend from the main wall. According to conservative estimates, the Great Wall’s length is approximately 2,400 miles, its thickness ranges from 15-30 feet wide, and it reaches in height to about 25 feet. (Source: https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/essays/descriptive/chinese-wall.html#sthash.R7jNMNo9.dpuf)

What type of description is used in the paragraph?