Read the excerpt from walden. hardly a man takes a half-hour’s nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, “what’s the news? ” as if the rest of mankind had stood his sentinels [soldiers]. which best describes the “man” thoreau refers to in the excerpt? a - he expects others to attend to his needs when he wakes up. b - he is under constant protection by soldiers. c - he naps often and is always sleepy. d - he must have the most up-to-date news at all times.

Which literary device has emily dickinson used in these lines? how dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog to tell your name the livelong day to an admiring bog! metaphor alliteration simile allusion

What is the moral cf this fable? a. you should play now and worry about provisions later. you should work hard now so someone will you later. you should work hard and save now so you will have something to show for later. you should play hard and work hard now, so you will enjoy life and still have provisions. select the best answer from the choices provided

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next