Read -->Yet if hope has flown away. In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? ( Part A) What is the meaning of the figurative language in the above excerpt? A) No matter when it is experienced, hope is as beautiful as a bird. B) Birds are like humans because they lack hope. C) Like a bird, hope leaves when it chooses and is hard to recapture. D) Night and day are the same. ( Part B) Select the effect that the figurative language in the above. excerpt has on stanza one. A) It enhances the hysteria of the speaker. B) It emphasizes the idea that we have no control over our hopes. C) It enhances the extended metaphor comparing humans to birds. D) It emphasizes the idea that hope is always a beautiful thing.

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.

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