What effect does Douglass’s use of the verbs torment and sting have on the reader? They suggest Douglass forgot his problems. They suggest Douglass was happy he had learned to read. They suggest Douglass was under constant attack and endured mental suffering. They suggest Douglass was able to ignore one problem by thinking about another.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.

The bonus army constructed from any materials they could find.