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8. Which of the following sentences contains a cliché?

A. We need to make our travel plans now before all the tickets sell out.
B. She'll be as tired as a runner after a marathon if she doesn't get a good night's sleep.
C. When he finally came in out of the cold, he curled up by the fireplace like a cat in a beam of sunlight.
D. I thought the exam was going to be difficult, but it turned out to be a piece of cake.



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Final answer:

In a list of sentences, identifying clichés requires recognizing overused phrases. Revising clichés involves replacing them with original language.


Explanation:

A cliché is an overused phrase or idea that has lost its originality. In the given sentences, sentence B, 'She'll be as tired as a runner after a marathon if she doesn't get a good night's sleep', contains a cliché comparing tiredness to a runner after a marathon.

To revise this cliché, you could say, 'She'll be utterly exhausted if she doesn't get a good night's sleep.'


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