Read this excerpt from the passage. our twin little brothers, who often egged each other on to bad decisions, made possibly their worst choice ever: . . which word has a most similar meaning to bad in the excerpt? (a) evil (b) poor (c) difficult (d) horrific

The correct answer is B. Poor

Explanation:

The word "bad" usually refers to some situation, person or any other element that is considered as harmful or evil. However, the denotative meaning of words which is the meaning stated in the dictionary or most common meaning can change according to the context in which the word appears. In this case the word "bad" is used to refer to the decision taken by the twin brothers of the narrator and the word "bad" is used as synonym for the phrase "worst choice ever", this means the decision was not harmful or evil, but was mainly a hastily, embarrassing or led to negative consequences. Thus, in this case, the most similar meaning to the word "bad" would be the word "poor" as this word means inferior or faulty, which are adequate adjectives to describe some decision was not the best and had negative consequences.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.