The person who wrote this email believes that the local library should be a priority: "the public library is essential to our community." This person cares about the town's students' ability to study in an appropriate environment: "students need a safe and quiet place to complete their homework." They would like the library to remain available as it currently is.
The problem is the city council's recent decision to reduce the opening hours for the library: "city council plans to cut the library’s hours." We are told that this measure comes as a response to the charges that are involved in keeping the library open (paying the employees, for the most part): "the budget is an issue."
This is an issue because as a consequence, the students would not get to study in as good conditions as they do now: "this will limit students’ time to study and conduct research after school." As a result, the community can try to influence the vote of the city council's members on the issue: "I am writing to urge you to vote against these cuts."
The solution suggested to the city official is to ask college students to volonteer as library employees, in order to keep the library open without the city council's worrying about paying the staff: "perhaps volunteers from the local community college can help staff the library."
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peace signed in good faith by your faithful president and
the tyrannical enemy is destroyed, ripped into shreds,
sitting at the bottom of a trash can.
Which type of figurative language is used in this passage?
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A. Metaphor
OB. Hyperbole
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C. Understatement
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D. Simile
Answer: B) Hyperbole.
Explanation: A hyperbole is a type of figurative language that consists in exaggerating an event or a statement. In the given passage, we can see an example of the use of a hyperbole, because when the speaker says "the tyrannical enemy is destroyed, ripped into shreds, sitting at the bottom of a trash can" it is clearly an exaggeration (it is not meant to take it in a literal way).
Answer:
it is a hyperbole
Explanation: a hyperbole is an exaggerated claim or statement.
I love you so much. I follow you to work and I follow you back home. I watch you through your window with my binoculars and I think about you all the time. Yesterday, I even went through your garbage. If you don’t love me back, I might do something crazy.
A.
possessive
B.
scared
C.
bitter
D.
thoughtful
Answer:
A. possesive
Explanation:
II. Citations for a direct quotation need to be set apart by parentheses.
III. Periods always come after the parentheses.
a) I only
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) I, II, and III
Answer: B. I and II.