Read this excerpt from mark twain's life on the mississippi: she is long and sharp and trim and pretty; she has two tall, fancy-topped chimneys, with a gilded device of some kind swung between them; a fanciful pilot-house, all glass and "gingerbread," perched on top of the "texas" deck behind them. which of these devices is most clearly shown here? a. humor b. metaphor c. imagery d. hyperbole

What is the “narrow cell” in line 15 of “elegy written in a country churchyard”

Which of the following arguments uses a non sequitur fallacy? a. if we allow students to wear caps to school, soon we'll have to let them wear gang colors. b. you should vote for sylvia for class president because everyone else on the squad is voting for her. c. regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution. d. the gray wolves of winter falls park should be protected because they need our support.

What response does lincoln hope to elicit from his listeners with these words from his gettysburg address "we gave to come dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this