For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language.
For help with this exercise, see section 17e of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - Successful people who dropped out of high school or college are a dime a dozen.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - For example, Steven Spielberg started out at the bottom of the ladder because he failed to get into film school.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - He went to college for English instead but hit the road during his junior year.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc made a splash with the restaurant chain after quitting high school.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - Bill Gates has not done everything by the book, either.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - Yet, despite the fact that he dropped out of Harvard University, his Microsoft products sell like hotcakes.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - John Travolta avoided school like the plague.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - The famous actor quit high school when he was sixteen, but now he is busy as a bee making movies.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - Similarly, Rosie O’Donnell high-tailed it out of Boston University before she graduated.
Avoiding Clichés: For the following sentences, choose the option that removes the cliché and successfully substitutes a better expression or restates the idea in more direct language. - Now O’Donnell is a one-in-a-million comedian who has also been a popular talk-show host.