Excerpt from "birches" by robert frost he always kept his poise to the top branches, climbing carefully with the same pains you use to fill a cup up to the brim, and even above the brim. which poetic device does the poet employ in these lines from "birches"? a) simile b) rhythm c) metaphor d) personification

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Why do you think both wiesel and solzhenitsyn speak of the importance of telling the truth?

Which is a sentence fragment? a. at the picnic table and chairs overlooking the water. b. pass the ketchup. c. it's going to be fun spending the week here. d. sherbet is a cool, refreshing dessert.