Read the excerpt from "once upon a time" and answer the question.

the alarms called to one another across the gardens in shrills and bleats and wails that everyone soon became accustomed to, so that the din roused the inhabitants of the suburb no more than the croak of frogs and musical grating of cicadas' legs.

what is the effect of using figurative language in this sentence?

a) by using simile to compare the alarms to croaking frogs or the sounds made by cicadas, the author conveys a severe absence of serenity in the neighborhood.
b) the author effectively uses alliteration to enhance the connection between the sounds of the alarms and the beginning sounds of the words that describe them.
c) by describing the alarms as having human characteristics while denouncing the intruders as less than human, the author effectively uses personification to convey a sense of irony.
d) the author uses a description of the alarms to symbolize the overstated degree of danger that the residents have assumed to the neighborhood watch.

The correct answer for the effect of using figurative language comparing the alarms sounds and how they bother the inhabitants as much as a croak of frogs or the musical cicada sounds suggests that they got used to the alarms because the violence was so exaggerated.

The right option is D) The author uses a description of the alarms to symbolize the overstated degree of danger that the residents have assumed thanks to the Neighborhood Watch.

i used to know but i learned it a long time ago sorry

explanation:

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)