Read these lines from the poem "the horses" by ted hughes, and answer the question that follows.
i climbed through the woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. evil air, a frost-making stillness,

"evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of:
a.
metaphor
b.
simile
c.
alliteration
d.
onomatopoeia

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

Does any one read this story "when mr. came to dine". in 9th grade. plz i need with one question about this story?

In virginia woolf's essay "a room of one's own," she creates a fictional sister of william shakespeare, whom she names "judith." what challenges does woolf claim this character would have experienced in her lifetime? why does woolf believe that elizabethan women did not write?