Read this excerpt from a student’s sonnet.

i stared at the clock and wished that it would move forward

how could this idea be expressed with personification?

the clock ticked on, and minutes lasted long
the minutes were as slow as melting snow
as i stared, the clock was an irritating blister
as time refused to budge, my patience strained

It was said that my new york license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks i had. and so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. but such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows: local man: “new york, huh? ” me: "yep." local man: “i was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to new york? " alice: "it was thirty-six. i remember because it was the year alfred died.” local man: "anyway, i hated it. wouldn't live there if you paid me.” what is the purpose of this conversation in travels with charley? to show that most people in the united states hate new york to show that most people in the united states visit new york to show that most people do not treat the author differently because he is from new york to show that being from new york disrupts the author’s relationships with the people he meets

Hello, i need you to me my teacher sent me a letter to the reader and in the letter i have to put in. why do i want to get 3 points? and he said that of the 4 arguments choose one and that with that argument write the letter these are the arguments: addition: also that, even that, too. comparison: more than, less than, as much as. opposition: but, however. security: without a doubt, of course. those are the 4 arguments and i have to choose just one, i need it it's very urgent you it's about language and literature

Decline rēs, reī, f. singular nom: gen: dat: acc: abl: plural nom: gen: dat: acc: abl: