Excerpt from "birches" by robert frost they are dragged to the withered bracken by the load, and they seem not to break; though once they are bowed so low for long, they never right themselves: which figurative language device does frost use to describe the trees? a. simile b. metaphor c. alliteration d. personification

Santiago said, “a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” in essence he says that a. defeat is likely when you sail alone. b. man can face defeat so it is important to learn from your mistakes and be prepared. c. sharks can always defeat man unless man is well prepared. d. man can be hurt and even destroyed but still have the ability to control how it is viewed.

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile

“dènouement” is another word for the of a plot.