SOURCE 1: From a meeting of upper managers at a company: Unfortunately, we're going to have to fire an employee. I think the
choice is pretty clear. The average writer on our team writes 500 words
an hour, but Jean only writes 200 words an hour. We need to send a
message that this kind of laziness won't be tolerated. Furthermore, she
insists on working 40 hours a week, which forces us to give her
benefits.
SOURCE 2: From an evaluation written by Jean's supervisor: Unlike the
average writer in our company who writes 500 words an hour, Jean
writes slowly and methodically. While her output is lower, her attention
to detail saves her supervisors hours of editing later on. She is such a
big help to our department that I would like to keep her on a 40-hour-a-
week schedule so that we can be sure to meet our new productivity
goals
Which claim do the two sources most clearly disagree on?
A. Jean's word count is lower than average for a writer at the
company
B. Jean is an outgoing people person'
C. Jean is less valuable to the company than the average writer
D. Jean receives benefits from the company
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"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification