O A. She compares "last year's leaves" to smoke to convey a forlorn attitude.
B. She creates a peaceful tone by comparing the weeping rain to the
shrinking tide.
O c. She uses personification to show that time is unable to ease a
broken heart
D. She uses the words "lied" and "pain" to create a hostile tone.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?

Brainliest asap!me : ) has anyone read the poem, no, love is dead? ? i have a question about it .. : )