Your 8 year old has just come from school and is telling you every detail of their day. You are nodding along, but just listening at key points of their message. Which barrier to effective listening is displayed here?

a. Selective Listening
b. Defensive Listening
c. Processing Rate
d. Pseudolistening

your answer is a

Explanation: its not c or d because those arent of a type of listening

Your answer would be A.

Explanation:

It is selective listening because the mother is only listening to parts that she chose to listen to.

figurative language is a resource that fiction writers use to make better descriptions of what they want to write about or express. they can improve their stories, as they can elaborate more vivid and colorful sentences. this way, the reader will be able to have more detailed images in his/her mind.

places, objects, people and even feelings or emotions can be described with a lot of detail to metaphors, similes and personifications. making different kinds of comparisons to make a description more specific, as well as assigning human qualities to non-human objects (and vice-versa) can be very useful for science fiction writers.  

on the other hand, alliterations allow writers to elaborate more entertaining and creative sentences. it consists in using a sequence of words that start with the same consonant letter. they can be used to emphasize something important the writer wants to express, or just as a fun literary device.