In this text, ‘whistles like an old-fashioned kettle on the boil,’ is an example of a:
all right then, i say, so what about dr clark’s claim that “most severe ailments” have a connection with being dehydrated? professor hall leans back in his chair and whistles like an old-fashioned kettle on the boil. “if he’s trying to make the case that people are thirsty without knowing it, and if they just drank a little more they could sidestep everything from dementia to cancer, well, he better start making room on his mantelpiece for a nobel prize. maybe even two.”
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My dog sleeps beside my bed he wakes me up in the middle of the night to let him out. complete, run-on sentence or comma splice

Select the correct answer. in this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by johnathan swift, what does the author list? i can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged, that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the kingdom. this i freely own, and 'twas indeed one principal design in offering it to the world. i desire the reader will observe, that i calculate my remedy for this one individual kingdom of ireland, and for no other that ever was, is, or, i think, ever can be upon earth. therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients: of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: of using neither cloaths, nor houshold furniture, except what is of our own growth and manufacture: of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury: of curing the expensiveness of pride, vanity, idleness, and gaming in our women: of introducing a vein of parsimony, prudence and temperance: of learning to love our country, wherein we differ even from laplanders, and the inhabitants of topinamboo: of quitting our animosities and factions, nor acting any longer like the jews, who were murdering one another at the very moment their city was taken: of being a little cautious not to sell our country and consciences for nothing: of teaching landlords to have at least one degree of mercy towards their tenants. lastly, of putting a spirit of honesty, industry, and skill into our shop-keepers, who, if a resolution could now be taken to buy only our native goods, would immediately unite to cheat and exact upon us in the price, the measure, and the goodness, nor could ever yet be brought to make one fair proposal of just dealing, though often and earnestly invited to it.a. reforms that had failed to improve ireland's situation b. the unrealistic measures discussed by irish government officials c. viable measures that could improve ireland's situation d. measures that would unify the populace of ireland

The opening stanza portray a frightened narrator fleeing though darkness. how does it rhythm reflect and enhance its meaning