Question

Need help on these two
Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

I need to leave for school right now; because I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
I need to leave for school right now; but I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
I need to leave for school right now; although I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
I need to leave for school right now; however, I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.

Question 17(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

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Which of these sentences contains an oxymoron?

Mr. Keynes was a workaholic who found vacations as relaxing as six rounds wrestling with an alligator.
Even though he wanted to travel, Mr. Keynes could not think of any vacation spot as comfortable as his own living room.
The island landscape seemed to come alive before Mr. Keynes' eyes, flora and fauna swimming through his vision in every direction.
Although he didn't want to, Mr. Keynes took his laptop along with his bathing suit and other holiday clothes because this was a working vacation.

Question 18(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

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Read the sentence and answer the question that follows.

The foxes fled their foes through the forests and fens.

This sentence is an example of which figure of speech?

Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile

Question 19(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

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from "EXTRICATING YOUNG GUSSIE"
by P.G. Wodehouse

She sprang it on me before breakfast. There in seven words you have a complete character sketch of my Aunt Agatha. I could go on indefinitely about brutality and lack of consideration. I merely say that she routed me out of bed to listen to her painful story somewhere in the small hours. It can't have been half past eleven when Jeeves, my man, woke me out of the dreamless and broke the news: 'Mrs Gregson to see you, sir.'
I thought she must be walking in her sleep, but I crawled out of bed and got into a dressing-gown. I knew Aunt Agatha well enough to know that, if she had come to see me, she was going to see me. That's the sort of woman she is.
She was sitting bolt upright in a chair, staring into space. When I came in she looked at me in that darn critical way that always makes me feel as if I had gelatin where my spine ought to be. Aunt Agatha is one of those strong-minded women. I should think Queen Elizabeth must have been something like her. She bosses her husband, Spencer Gregson, a battered little chappie on the Stock Exchange. She bosses

Answer 1

@Vocaloid helppppp

Answer 2

let's look at problem #1:

both the parts before and after the semi-colon MUST be complete sentences on their own. which one fits this definition?

Answer 3

D?

Answer 4

very nice

Answer 5

ok how bout the second one?

Answer 6

for problem #2, an oxymoron is a contrasting phrase like "falsely true" or "acting naturally"

Answer 7

I believe it would be the last sentence since "working vacation" is contradictory

Answer 8

really i was thinking B?

Answer 9

remember, it's not just a contrasting idea, it's a contrasting phrase. the two contradictory words must be right next to each other

Answer 10

Ok so D it is right?

Answer 11

good

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

problem #3:

The foxes fled their foes through the forests and fens.

notice the repetition of the "fff" sound. which of the terms best describes this?

Answer 14

Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile?

Answer 15

alliteration i accidentally posted that

Answer 16

ok cool

Answer 17

it was this on that i meant to post