The lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients.
An oxymoron is a phrase of opposites in which the two opposing words are side by side. In this sentence, deceptively means not to be true and honest means to be true. These words are found together in the sentence with deceptively describing honest.
Antithesis can sometimes be confused with oxymoron. An antithesis when two phrases contradict each other. An example of this is Option A where the first half of the sentence contradicts the second half.
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Example
Description
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The correct answer is b) example.
The type of context clue that can be used to determine the meaning of the underlined word (native) is “example”.
Marsupials such as Kangaroos, Koalas, and Wallabies are native from Australia. The word “native” associates a person or a specie to a certain place. In this case, it could be a plant, a tree or an animal that belongs to a specific location. This means that marsupials such as Kangaroos, Koalas, and Wallabies are native from Australia, which means that those animals are only found in Australia.
A.
present participle
B.
present
C.
past participle
D.
past
The author creates an historical allusion.
An allusion is a brief or inderect reference to a person, thing, or an idea of an historical, cultural, literary, or political importance. Both the first professional football player that was deaf and Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball are both important historical figures. Therefore, the allusion would be historical rather than biblical, literary, or mythological.
One way to make the overall message of this article more subjective would be to _____.
remove the facts
include inaccurate information
none of the above
make more quality statments
add more opinions
One way to make the overall message of this article more subjective would be to:
E. Add more opinions.
To make a statement subjective, what is required will be to include the personal opinions of the writer so that the reader can see their own views of the matter being discussed.
While an objective statement looks at the fact of a matter, a subjective statement is designed to state the views of a person which might be correct or incorrect. So, to make the overall message of the article more subjective, the writer will need to add more opinions.
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