2. Which of the following examples of figurative language MOST LIKELY shows that the story is set in the present?*
25 points
"Yet as the storm raged, the boat moved swiftly, directly, now precise as a laser beam."
"After all, the weatherman on that morning's radio broadcast had promised a sky as
clear as crystal
"The pain was worse than a thousand needles."
"Thanks to the events of this day, they would need to become as cautious and smart
as foxes."

Where does writer's block come from? briefly describe each of the four possible reasons that writer's block occurs. asap!

The purpose of using personification in the excerpt is to show how? enrique’s journey.

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that