Read this line from "Empire State Building." I am ten million bricks of unshakable faith. What is the best interpretation of the figurative language in this line?

A. The bricks symbolize the millions of faithful New Yorkers.
B. The bricks symbolize strength that is supported by strong faith.
C. The bricks symbolize the poet’s love for New York City.
D. The bricks symbolize the poet’s hope for the future.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

Drag each excerpt to its poetic structure. what poetic structures are evident in these poetry excerpts blank verse ballad stanza something there is that doesnt love a wall

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gift jim had purchased in the beginning of the story , this would be an example of