You plan to give a speech to persuade your audience to support "pet therapy" for lonely elderly people in nursing homes. Your most likely choice for a speech pattern would be?
A. Chronological Pattern
B. Topical Pattern
С. Cause-Effect Pattern
D. Problem Solution Pattern

Is the sentence “ironically, although approximately seventy-one percent of the earth is covered by water, thirty-three percent of its land area is desert.” a phrase or a clause?

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

Comparing and contrasting is a form of