became the site of present-day New York City.

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Which of the following arguments uses a non sequitur fallacy? a. if we allow students to wear caps to school, soon we'll have to let them wear gang colors. b. you should vote for sylvia for class president because everyone else on the squad is voting for her. c. regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution. d. the gray wolves of winter falls park should be protected because they need our support.

This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. what literacy device does the poet use in this poem?