Read the following excerpt from leslie marmon silko’s story "the man to send rain clouds."the sky in the west was full of pale yellow light. louise stood outside with her hands in the pockets of leon's green army jacket that was too big for her. the funeral was over, and the old men had taken their candles and medicine bags and were gone. she waited until the body was laid into the pickup before she said anything to leon. she touched his arm, and he noticed that her hands were still dusty from the corn meal that she had sprinkled around the old man. when she spoke, leon could not hear her. which detail in this excerpt indicates that leon and his family still carry out traditional pueblo practices? a.) the funeral service and the candlesb.) the sky in the west and the pale yellow lightc.) the body in the pickup and the army jacketd.) the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal

Which of these devices is most clearly shown here?

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example question 3 options: a allusion b alliteration c simile d personification

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings