Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! which figurative language device describes the "blue-eyed banditti" in the poem "the children's hour"? a. a simile b. repetition c. a metaphor d. personification

What is the best way to improve the conclusion? add a sentence to the ending that summarizes the writer’s topic. add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences. revise the final sentence to have a different tone. revise the first sentence to state a future goal.

Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you

More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. digital technology has aided communication, but it has also given rise to the possibility of those communications being monitored. according to zimmermann, cryptographers have a duty to encourage the use of encryption and thereby protect the privacy of the individual. —the code book, simon singh what is the purpose of the statistic in this passage? it shows how big the need is for protection. it explains that email is an effective form of communication. it gives new ways to monitor email traffic. it illustrates how popular email has become.