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all orders were now issued through squealer or one of the other pigs. napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once in a fortnight. when he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud "-a-doodle-doo" before napoleon spoke. even in the farmhouse, it was said, napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. he took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the crown derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room. it was also announced that the gun would be fired every year on napoleon's birthday, as well as on the other two anniversaries.

which statement best summarizes the theme of this passage?

1.) it is natural and necessary for a ruler to emerge in a group.
2.) dictators often experience lavish lifestyles compared to other citizens.
3.) ruling classes will always emerge when there is a void to fill.
4.) leaders should have better accommodations and be glorified.

Chicago by carl sandburg hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders: they tell me you are wicked and i believe them, for i have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding, under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, laughing! laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be hog butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. which type of figurative language does the poet use most often in "chicago"? a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification

Which statement is most accurate regarding the speaking-writing connection? a. written words seldom reflect the words people use when they speak. b. to own a word, write it over and over again. c. the words used by writers are not normally used in speaking. d. to own a word, speak it.

Which persuasive technique is used in the passage below? after seeing ads for greasy french fries, sugary soft drinks, and salty chips, you head to the kitchen to fix yourself an enormous (and unhealthy) snack. with the tv blaring in the background, you then waste hours on the web.