In the autumn of 1874, the Kiowas were driven southward towards the Staked Plains. Columns of troops were converging
upon them from all sides, and they were bone-weary and afraid.
They camped on Elk Creek, and the next day it began to rain. It
rained hard all that day, and the Kiowas waited on horseback for
the weather to clear. Then, as evening came on, the earth was
suddenly crawling with spiders, great black tarantulas, swarming
on the flood.
Which sentence best describes one effect of the poet's use of imagery in this
excerpt?
O A. It indicates the year in which the confrontation happened.
O B. It suggests that the Kiowas have been victimized by U. S. troops.
O C. It shows how many spiders came out in the evening.
D. It makes the scene come alive by describing Elk Creek in detail.
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Read the passage.which statement best describes how pacing of events heightens tension

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

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