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sammy

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The argument about whether soft drinks should be called soda, pop or coke is best described as related to ____.
 
  a. semantics
  b. metaphor
  c. syntactics
  d. dialect

Question 2

A(n) ____ refers to juxtaposition of two unlike nouns, in which the word like or as is used to suggest similarities between the two.
 
  a. metaphor
 b. simile
 c. semantic comparison
  d. analogical act



ngr69

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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