Jayden waited anxiously as the judges made their final decision. for weeks, he'd been working on an experiment that showed how music rats learn to escape from a tunnel. jayden's twin sister, janice, was also in the running for a ribbon. her project showed how wind energy can be used to power homes. janice had won first prize at the science fair the last two years in a row. jayden wanted his sister to do well, but he wanted to be the one to take home the blue ribbon this year. time stood still as he waited for the judges' ruling. finally, they walked over to jayden's booth and placed a blue ribbon on his experiment. jayden couldn't believe it! a few moments later, janice came over and gave her brother a big hug to congratulate him. which is the best example of personification? a) jayden couldn't believe it! b) time stood still as he waited for the judges' ruling. c) jayden waited anxiously as the judges made their final decision. d) janice had won first prize at the science fair the last two years in a row.

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"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! 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! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Need ! compare and contrast your independent reading selection with one or two other selections you have read in this unit. support your response with at least two pieces of evidence from your independent reading selection. be sure to give the title and author of your selection.