Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. hamlet: slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams: all which, sir, though i most powerfully and potently believe, yet i hold it not honesty to have it thus set down; for you yourself, sir, should be old as i am, if, like a crab, you could go backward. which is a metaphor? old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum all which, sir, though i most powerfully and potently believe be old as i am, if, like a crab, you could go backward

The excerpt is from a longer essay on huckleberry finn by mark twain. what kind of support is used to develop the writer's main idea regarding how twain brought his characters to life?

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.