Read this sentence:
unfortunately, the poor eating habits of parents are often past down to their children.

what is wrong with the sentence?
a. the sentence is not cited.
b. the sentence is not quoted.
c. the sentence gives an opinion.
d. the sentence contains a typo.

The answer is indeed letter D. The sentence contains a typo.

Explanation:

The sentence "Unfortunately, the poor eating habits of parents are often past down to their children" has a misspelled word. "Past" can be a noun, an adjective, a preposition, or even an adverb. In general, it refers to something that happened at a previous moment in history, or it indicates location or a lapse of time.

What happened in this sentence is a common mistake. "Past" has a homophone - another word that sounds just like it, but is spelled and used differently -, "passed", which would have been the correct choice. The sentence uses the passive voice to describe how eating habits are taught. Passive voice requires the past participle form of a verb. In the case of the verb "to pass", it would be "passed". Thus, "Unfortunately, the poor eating habits of parents are often passed down to their children" would have been right.

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.