As I carried the last of the boxes full of the legal papers outside, I tripped. The lid flew up in the air, and the
mocking breeze caught the papers one by one in slow
motion, holding each one up in front of me before whisking
it away into the street like confetti.
Which sentence describes the effect of the figurative language in
this passage?
A. The verb whisk suggests an action of cleaning.
B. The action is described in terms of slow motion, like a film.
C. The breeze is described as having the personality of a jokester.
D. The comparison to confetti shows that the incident was
no big deal.

Read the lines from "there was a child went forth" and answer the question. and the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the fruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; and the old drunkard staggering home from the out-house of the tavern, whence he had lately risen, and the school-mistress that pass'd on her way to the school, and the friendly boys that pass'd—and the quarrelsome boys, and the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, and all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. which poetic device is exemplified in this stanza? select all that apply. allegory anaphora imagery metaphor