Gulliver speaks of england: “i then spoke at large upon the constitution of an english parliament; partly made up of an illustrious body called the house of peers; persons of the noblest blood, and of the most ancient and ample patrimonies. . ”
king of brobdingnag speaks of brobdingnag: “he asked, ‘what methods were used to cultivate the minds and bodies of our young nobility, and in what kind of business they commonly spent the first and teachable part of their lives? what course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct? ’”
in the passage above, who speaks “at large upon the constitution of an english parliament”?
the king of brobdingnag
the queen of brobdingnag
glumdalclitch
gulliver

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme