What is the purpose of the subjective language in this excerpt?
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Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the
New York and Brooklyn
Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low,
Mayor of the City of Brooklyn
The importance of this Bridge in its far-reaching effects
at once entices and baffles the imagination. At either
end of the Bridge lies a great city-cities full of
vigorous life. The activities and the energies of each
flow over into the other. The electric current has
conveyed unchecked between the two the
interchanging thoughts, but the rapid river has ever
bidden halt to the foot of man. It is as though the
population of these cities had been brought down to
the river-side, year after year, there to be taught
patience; and as though, in this Bridge, after these
many years, patience had had her perfect work.
O to describe the architectural beauty of the bridge to
the audience
to convince the citizens of New York that this bridge
is meaningful
O to persuade the audience that another bridge
should soon be built
O to inform the people of New York that they live in a
great city

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Read the excerpt from”do not go gentle into that good night” which statement best describes the effect of the refrains in this excerpt?