Read the passage: "the arkenstone! the arkenstone! " murmured thorin in the dark, half dreaming with his chin upon his knees. "it was like a globe with a thousand facets; it shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the moon! " what is the figurative language used in this passage and what does it mean? question 17 options: the figurative language used in this passage is a metaphor, and it explains what the arkenstone reminds thorin of. the figurative language used in this passage is a simile; it compares the arkenstone to silver in the firelight and a globe with a thousand facets. the figurative language creates a vivid image of the arkenstone. the figurative language used in this passage is personification; the arkenstone is associated with human emotions and attributes. it is not figurative language.

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B. The figurative language used in this passage is a simile; it compares the Arkenstone to silver in the firelight and a globe with a thousand facets. The figurative language creates a vivid image of the Arkenstone.

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dear miss layla

while looking through books for my class period i noticed the library cards in the books.most of them are torn or have no space to write out our names anymore.would we be able to replace them?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)