Which of the following is the best definition of figurative language? 1. when words are used in a way that departs from their actual meanings to achieve a special effect or mental image 2. the repetition of a specific consonant sound at the beginning of multiple neighboring words or syllables 3. a special way to say something that means something different than the actual words used; a word, phrase, or expression used in a non-literal way 4. when inanimate objects, abstract ideas, or animals are given human qualities or characteristics

What happens once in a minute twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive essay: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions?