How is figurative language used in this excerpt from common sense?
now is the seed-time of continental union, faith and honor. the
least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of
a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge
with the tree, and posterity read in it full grown characters.
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a. paine uses a simile to explain how important it is that everyone in the
colonies support the goal of forming a new country independent of
britain
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b. paine uses a metaphor to encourage the audience to come together and
support the authors of the declaration of independence.
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c. paine uses a metaphor to explain to the british people why the colonists
are declaring independence.
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d. paine uses a simile to make his audience think about how splitting from
britain would have lasting and painful consequences

How does the author of finding flight incorporate ideas from the poem hope is the only thing with feathers into her work

Read the excerpt from chapter 18 in frankenstein. alas! to me the idea of an immediate union with my elizabeth was one of horror and dismay. i was bound by a solemn promise which i had not yet fulfilled and dared not break, or if i did, what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family! could i enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? i must perform my engagement and let the monster depart with his mate before i allowed myself to enjoy the delight of a union from which i expected peace. examine this excerpt to analyze the way the author’s choice of words adds to the meaning and impacts the tone of this portion of frankenstein. what does victor mean when he talks about “this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground”? how do these words affect the tone at this point in the story? use examples and evidence from the text to support your analysis. frankenstein chapter 18

What is the victorian theme in the poem “beautiful city” by alfred, lord tennyson? beautiful city, the centre and crater of european confusion, o you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal humanity, how often your re-volution has proven but e-volution roll’d again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity! a. civil unrest b. revolution c. confusion d. social justice