As a Republican, I say to my colleagues on this side of the aisle that the Republican party faces a challenge today
that is not unlike the challenge that it faced back in
Lincoln's day. The Republican party so successfully met
that challenge that it emerged from the Civil War as the
champion of a united nation-in addition to being a party
which unrelentingly fought loose spending and loose
programs.
What effect does this analogy have on Smith's tone?
O A. This analogy contributes to her disrespectful and angry tone.
O B. This analogy supports her joyful and righteous tone.
O C. This analogy supports Smith's indignant and knowledgeable tone.
D. This analogy contributes to her discouraged and hostile tobe.

I

C

Explanation:

she compares different achievements by republicans throughout history

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.