A black eye is worth a thousand words, but it must not be a reason to keep you silent

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When we speak or write we often refer to things that were mentioned earlier, haven’t been mentioned yet, or were mentioned in another context or at another time. IT in the sentence above the image is an example of gramatical cohesion because it represents a/an:

The pairs of words aim at oral practice which precisely targets the training of vowel pronunciation. The criteria that accounts for the vowel distinction occurring in the chosen pairs are:

!$ \bullet !$ Reach – Rich

!$ \bullet !$ Seater – Sitter

!$ \bullet !$ Eat – It

!$ \bullet !$ Green – Grin

!$ \bullet !$ Beat – Bit

!$ \bullet !$ Feet – Fit

Examine and compare the two series of words as to pronunciation.

!$ \bullet !$ Group 1: Light – Kitten – Put – Make – Trip – Cotton – Forgotten – What

!$ \bullet !$ Group 2: Apartment – Backseat – Spotlight – Workload – Assortment – Upbeat

The one characteristic shared by all the words belonging to both groups is:

Read the poem.

Fire and Ice

(Robert Frost.)

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

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Assonance provides rhythm and musicality to change the mood of a text, also helping readers to reach its subject matter. Beyond literary use assonance is also found in pop culture as well as in everyday speech. In “Fire and Ice” there are several instances of assonance, the same sort of sound effect found in:

Figurative language makes meaning by asking the reader or listener to understand something by virtue of its relation to some other thing, action, or image. Which figurative language device or “figure of speech” do the sentences exhibit?

1. Marina is a wall flower.

2. You’re a couch potato.

3. Time is money.

4. America is a melting pot.

5. You are my sunshine.

All of the items describe aspects related to the group of words below, EXCEPT:

shorter – bigger – lighter – harder – nicer – fatter – faster

teacher – driver – lawyer – player – singer – waiter – painter

A brand name is a form of a signature that gives credit to the creator of a particular work or service and sets it apart from those created by others. The main purpose of a brand name is to differentiate a particular product or service from other like or similar brands.

!$ \bullet !$ Chuck E. Cheese's.

!$ \bullet !$ Coca-Cola.

!$ \bullet !$ Donald Duck.

!$ \bullet !$ Dunkin' Donuts.

!$ \bullet !$ Krispy Kreme.

!$ \bullet !$ Mickey Mouse.

!$ \bullet !$ Peppa Pig.

!$ \bullet !$ Peter Parker.

The wellknown brand names in the spotlight all hold:

Read the text to answe.

REPORTER: Mr. President, the Russians are reported to be saying that North Vietnam might be willing to start negotiations if there is another cessation of U.S. bombing. Do you credit these reports? And if so, are there any plans for another temporary halt of the bombing?

USA PRESIDENT: I don't know where the reports are. I haven't seen them and we hear a lot of reports but as far as I'm aware, there's nothing official about them. I expect some newspaperman is speculating.

Unless we as readers are able to identify and to understand the interactions of all the voices in a text, we will not be able to understand what is going on in what we read. Concerning that aspect, it is possible to assert that:

A meme is an amusing or interesting item, such as a captioned picture or video, or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.

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To make sense out of the highlighted meme and capture its humor, one should activate relations based on:

Never regret changing things your heart thanks you for

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The ING form use in the sentence above the image follows the same pattern as in: