Think about the difference between literal meanings and figurative meanings. In which description from the third stanza is the meaning more figurative than literal? 1: swinging wide at her moorings 2: A phantom ship 3: Silently rowed 4; the moon rose over the bay

Exit "families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on." this passage from the text best represents which of the following literary devices used by the author? a. the motif of racial prejudice b. the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the characters c. the motif of displacement and separation d. the theme of conflict between those leaving and those being left behind

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gifts that jim had purchased in the beginning of the story this would be an example of

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.