Which excerpt from “good country people” is the best example of figurative language?

a. the reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . good country people.
b. if she don’t get there before the dust settles, you can bet she’s dead, that’s all.
c. she would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.
d. it was hard for mrs. hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain, what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?

Edgar allan poe's annabel lee should be considered rather then a literal