Which description best illustrates the author's attitude toward the effects of war on its participants? a. "on a rooftop near o'connell bridge, a republican sniper lay watching. beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses." b. "he was eating a sandwich hungrily. he had eaten nothing since morning. he had been too excited to eat." c. "(his eyes) were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death." d. "the sniper took another whiff and put out the cigarette. then he swore softly and crawled away to his left."

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Would the essay be more or less effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?

Which type of rhetoric is used in this sentence? while i'm certain some will disagree with what i'm about to say, i respectfully ask them to listen to the evidence i will provide to support my claim