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Conjunctions are items used to mark logical relationships between words, phrases, clauses or sentences. The conjunction which could be inserted before the sentence “I booked two tickets." (line 30) in order to emphasize its logical relationship with the preceding sentence is:
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Verb phrases signal certain concepts. In the excerpt “(…) a strong national economy has been motivating the city of six million to remake itself.” (lines 21-23) and “Brazilian authorities have boasted that Rio’s murder rate has plunged.” (lines 23-24), the concept being signalled is that of:
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The passive voice in the excerpt “Until recently, it had been considered a laughably inappropriate destination for a mother- daughter trip.” (lines 16-17) is being used because the agent:
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Demonstrative pronouns in English may be used in different ways to refer to segments of a text or ideas within a text. In the excerpt “This was part of why my 7-year-old daughter and I traveled to Rio in December.”, (lines 8-9) the pronoun this refers to the fact that the writer wanted to: