Why is repetition a useful rhetorical device for a political speech? a. repetition is not useful because it slows a speech down. b. repeated words or thoughts create a rhythm in a speech and reinforce the message. c. repetition is a good way to present logical arguments in an unbiased way. d. repetition is a good way to lengthen a speech that has few ideas. the correct answer in b.

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

Ihave only a christmas cards left to write. a. few b. fewer c. less d. little

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse