1. which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from the odyssey, part iii?
then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, / so the taught gut vibrating hummed and sand a swallow's note. (1 point)
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification

2. which of the following is the antecedent for the pronoun them in the sentence below?
penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors and gave them the bow.
a. penelope
b. her maids
c. the suitors

1. C. Personification and 2. C. The suitors.

Explanation: Personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non-human objects, in the given lines of "The Odyssey" we can see an example of personification when the speaker says "the taught gut vibrating hummed and sand a swallow's note" this says that the cord (non-human object) is humming and singing (human characteristics).

The answer to the second question is "The suitors." "Penelope and her maids" is the subject of the sentence (they are performing the action of the verb) and "the suitors" is the object of the sentence, Penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors, and gave "the suitors" the bow, so we can see that "them" is used to replace "the suitors" and prevent repetition.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer; /// (the anagnorisis )