Read this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government": Can there not be a government in which majorities do not
virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience? – in which
majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of
expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or
in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator?
Which statement about Thoreau's style is most accurate?
A. He uses parallelism to list the benefits of a strong government.
B. He uses metaphor to give an extended, illustrative example,
C. He uses rhetorical questions to lead his audience to think about issues.
D. He uses rhetorical questions to get his audience to engage in a
discussion.

Select the correct answer. lyric poems often deal with intense emotions. which statement best describes the shift in emotion in "lift every voice and sing" as it moves from the first into the second stanza? lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the joyful call of the first stanza gives way to a bitter recounting of history in the second. b. the first stanza's anger is replaced by the second stanza's resignation. c. the poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second. d. there is no change between the first stanza and the second. the emotions are the same in both.

Changing the sentence structure and how quickly events unfold in a story can affect which literally element?

Read the passage from an argumentative essay. many endangered species are currently threatened by climate change. there are some laws already in place, but are they effective enough? anyone with a conscience knows that these creatures deserve the chance to survive without outside threats impeding their survival. i suppose this is a tough decision for lawmakers, but i hope they choose wisely. which statement best evaluates the claim in the passage?