Which of the following excerpts contains an example of literal language? He heard a noise as faint as that of a wasp walking on a window-pane.

Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head.

He sat back on his tail and hind legs like a little kangaroo.

They took him into the house, and a big man picked him up between his finger and thumb, and said he was not dead but half choked.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

synonymous.

he was ashamed of himself

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,

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