"banikantha’s house looked out upon the stream. every hut and stack in the place could be seen by the passing boatmen. i know not if amid these signs of worldly wealth anyone noticed the little girl who, when her work was done, stole away to the waterside and sat there. but here nature fulfilled her want of speech and spoke for her. the murmur of the brook, the voice of the village folk, the songs of the boatmen, the cry of the birds and the rustle of trees mingled and were one with the trembling of her heart. they became one vast wave of sound which beat upon her restless soul.

which device does this passage illustrate best?

a. irony
b. characterization
c. moral dilemma
d. structure
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0313hethis excerpt was written by olaudah equiano, anwhat is the primary purpose of this passage? enslaved african who was taken to barbados. read thepassage, then answer the question.o to create sympathy for enslaved workerstheir huts, which ought to be well covered, and the place ! o to demonstrate a typical day of labor on a plantationdry where they take their little repose, are often opensheds, built in damp places, so that when the pooro to compare the living conditions of plantationowners and enslaved workerscreatures return tired from the toils of the field, theycontract many disorders, from being exposed to theto show ways housing on plantations could havedamp air in this uncomfortable state.been improved-sugar changed the world,marc aronson and marina budhosintrodone

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

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