Match each excerpt to the correct type of figurative language.
a. he is all pine and i am apple orchard.
(robert frost, “mending wall”)
b. mothers weeping, virgins screaming vainly for their slaughtered sires.
(william makepeace thackeray, “king canute”)
c. there lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
(alfred lord tennyson, “ulysses”)
d. be not like dumb, driven cattle!
(henry wadsworth longfellow, “a psalm of life”)
alliteration →
simile →
metaphor →
personification →

Aspanish prest wrote the first book on teaching sign language to deaf people true or false

Select the correct answer. read the two excerpts. the first excerpt makes a reference to the second excerpt. in the first excerpt, what does the character tom mean when he makes a reference to the play hamlet in the last paragraph? a. tom is implying that shakespeare is his father’s favorite author. b. tom is explaining that his father considers tom to be a poor actor. c. tom is saying that his father enjoys having his children act in plays. d. tom is showing that he can easily recite any of shakespeare's plays. { need plz ]

read this excerpt from president john f. kennedy’s inaugural address on january 20, 1961: in the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. i do not shrink from this responsibility—i welcome it. i do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. the energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. and so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. my fellow citizens of the world: ask not what america will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. based on the excerpt, what is the central idea of this speech? a. to cultivate a sense of well-being among the american people b. to motivate people everywhere to uphold the freedom of humankind c. to motivate americans to strive for the development of their nation d. to foster a feeling of happiness and unity across people and nations