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Relate the stress patterns in English words and choose the correct alternative. 
Relate the concept of phonemes and allophones in English and choose the correct alternative.
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From the alternatives, choose the one in which the pronunciation of the plural form of the words given follows the sequence /s/, /z/, /iz/.
A father earns the gratitude of his children by nurturing them to be preeminent in the Assembly of the Learned.

Thirukural, verse 67, circa 100 A.D. in: KUMARAVADIVELU, B. 2003.

Regular verbs ending in voiced sounds are pronounced with the sound /d/ in the simple past and past perfect, and so are most adjectives with the same form. However, the word “Learned”, present in the quotation above, has a distinctive pronunciation feature when functioning as an adjective or a noun: /?l??n?d/. Among the words below, choose the one that follows the same characteristic of pronunciation when used in such functions.
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“Crucially, Ms Keene’s eerily credible performance employs only Christie’s words: a tapestry of extracts from her own writings, notebooks and interviews.”

Em relação ao trecho apresentado, qual a figura de linguagem que está na expressão “a tapestry of extracts”?