Which piece of textual evidence from the story "civil peace" defends best the analysis that the main protagonist, jonathan, is optimistic?
"'i count it as nothing,' he told his sympathizers, his eyes on the rope he was tying. 'what is egg rasher? did i depend on it last week? or is it greater than other things that went with the war? '"
"jonathan and his family were now completely paralysed by terror. maria and the children sobbed inaudibly like lost souls."
"he was normally a heavy sleeper but that night he heard all the neighborhood noises die down one after another."
"at first he went daily, then every other day and finally once a week, to the offices of the coal corporation where he used to be a miner, to find out what was what."

figurative language is a resource that fiction writers use to make better descriptions of what they want to write about or express. they can improve their stories, as they can elaborate more vivid and colorful sentences. this way, the reader will be able to have more detailed images in his/her mind.

places, objects, people and even feelings or emotions can be described with a lot of detail to metaphors, similes and personifications. making different kinds of comparisons to make a description more specific, as well as assigning human qualities to non-human objects (and vice-versa) can be very useful for science fiction writers.  

on the other hand, alliterations allow writers to elaborate more entertaining and creative sentences. it consists in using a sequence of words that start with the same consonant letter. they can be used to emphasize something important the writer wants to express, or just as a fun literary device.

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take a stance.

know your audience.

thoroughly research your topic.

think about the structure of your essay.

support your argument.

the introduction.the introduction in your persuasive essay should grab the readers' attention and provide background information about your subject.

the body.

the conclusion.