12. when an author uses a concrete object to represent an idea or emotion, it is called
a. style.
b. symbolism.
c. mood.
d. satire.

13. in “babylon revisited,” why did fitzgerald choose the title to be metaphoric of paris?
a. paris is the symbol of luxury.
b. it represents the ruins of american "royalty" in paris.
c. paris was built to look like babylon.
d. none of the above

14. which of the following uses allegory to symbolize something deeply spiritual or to present a moral lesson?
a. "babylon revisited"
b. "a& p"
c. "harrison bergeron"
d. "mortals"

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Identify the evidential support for the claim that uninsurance is a financial burden. check all of the statements that give evidence.

What is rand's reason for including the ra.pe scene?   how does the event change both roark and dominique?   discuss how current attitudes on relations between the se.xes have changed since the publication of the fountainhead.