<p>i put hypothetical musing.</p>
<p>'cept idk what concession means lol.</p>
<p>i put retraction cuz the author retracts the statement alittle by saying albeit
i didn't really think it was a musing cuz he was stating is as a fact based on scientific evidence
but i didn't really know what concession or retraction meant lol</p>
<p>i dont really know what any of them mean. can someone explain why the put concession?</p>
<p>yea i didnt know wat concession and retratcion meant lol</p>
<p>The answer is retraction. As Peach put, albeit represents taking back what the author had said before about water. </p>
<p>Did you guys get the question with which rhetorical device the author used?</p>
<p>I agree with peachsnapple for retraction, but I do not know what concession is.</p>
<p>con·ces·sion (kn-sshn) KEY </p>
<p>NOUN:
The act of conceding.
Something, such as a point previously claimed in argument, that is later conceded.
An acknowledgment or admission.</p>
<p>concede: </p>
<p>To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.</p>
<p>So the author is acknowledging that the water is just as permafrost? he's not taking back his argument; he's just admitting there are some setbacks with it.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, so wouldn't it be concession ?</p>
<p>HAHA well ONE of us is right. it's either musing, retraction, or concession! at least we've narrowed it down to 3...:P</p>
<p>Retraction: A withdrawal of an earlier assertion, particularly one that is made in a public forum, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error </p>
<p>Concession: a point yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"</p>
<p>Enough of this one question. </p>
<p>Did you guys get the one about what rhetorical device the author used: simile, personification, and understatement?</p>
<p>I hope that was experimental!</p>
<p>it was hypothetical musing because the sentence kept going and said that maybe there is life on mars (or something along those lines).</p>
<p>Actually I think the sentence went on to say that it leads the public to believe there's life on Mars. That's not the author musing, he knows the public believes this.</p>
<p>DCK7: I had it and I don't think the section was exprimental.</p>
<p>Aww. What did you get for the answer anyways? I know it's not simile</p>
<p>Actually I got personification and simile.</p>
<p>Really? As I recall, there was no use of the word "like" or "as"</p>
<p>it was simlie and personification. and about two likes</p>
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I recall definitely that they say "like gold dust" in that paragraph.</p>
<p>It must also be "concession" because the author says "albeit," which means he is conceding a point here.</p>
<p>Question: was one of the sentence completion (....) and (sedentary)?</p>
<p>Kscnoko, I don't think we are talking about the same questions. Mine definitley did not say that. That was the hardest critical reading question...</p>
<p>John: Yes</p>