Autobiography of Patrick Ruelle In my early years, my mother used to bring home boxes and packing containers from her job for me to play with I spent hours taping them together, bringing landscapes of cardboard skyscrapers and towns to life. The feeling of satisfaction I got in building was the same feeling! later recognized when I built real skyscrapers in my first job as an architect Biography of Patrick Ruelle Patrick Ruelle's interest in building began at a young age Early on, he showed talent for combining shapes. He majored in architecture at college and spent his first years out of school in an architecture firm that built skyscrapers Which sentence best explains the main difference in the way the two passagd use a literary device? A. The autobiography uses personification to emphasize Ruelle's sense of satisfaction, while the biography uses a metaphor to focus on his talents B. The autobiography uses a metaphor to descnbe the events, while the biography uses a flashback to tell a story from the past C. The autobiography maintains an objective tone, while the biography focuses on Ruelle's feelings D. The autobiography uses descriptive language to emphasize Ruelle's emotional state, while the biography simply presents the events chronologically​

The correct answer is D. The autobiography uses descriptive language to emphasize Ruelle's emotional state, while the biography simply presents the events chronologically

Explanation

In his autobiography Patrick Ruelle describes how he became passionate about construction since his childhood thanks to his mother as expressed in the following sentence "In my early years, my mother used to bring home boxes and packing containers from her job for me to play with I spent hours taping them together, bringing landscapes of cardboard skyscrapers and towns to life ". He also expresses his emotion towards his childhood and his current status as an architect by saying that "The feeling of satisfaction I got in building was the same feeling!"

On the other hand, in the biography of Patrick Ruelle the author emphasizes chronological situations such as his childhood or his entrance to university and his work in an architectural firm by saying sentences such as "Patrick Ruelle's interest in building began at a young age Early on "," He majored in architecture at college ", and" spent his first years out of school in an architecture firm that built skyscrapers ".

According to the above, the correct answer is D. The autobiography uses descriptive language to emphasize Ruelle's emotional state, while the biography simply presents the events chronologically

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the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.