‘’O Captain! My Captain” is an extended metaphor, as Whitman symbolically connects the death of the sea captain to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, just five days after the end of the Civil War. Looking at the poem through the lens of the extended metaphor, explain what Whitman intends each of the following items to represent: a. “our fearful trip” (line 1) c. “the vessel” (line 4) b. “the prize” (line 2) d. “the swaying mass” (line 12)

Which of the following components of information literacy relates the most to purpose of information? a. information creation as a process b. authority is constructed and contextual c. research as inquiry

Read this excerpt from tim o’brien‘s “ambush” “i had already pulled the pin on a grenade. i had come to a crouch” which literary device is most clearly shown in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.