Read these lines from the poem "facing it" by yusef komunyakaa: a white vet's image floats close to me, then his pale eyes look through mine. i'm a window. he's lost his right arm inside the stone. in the black mirror a woman's trying to erase names: no, she's brushing a boy's hair. which sentence best describes one effect of the poet's use of metaphor in this excerpt? a. it contrasts the action of making a pencil rubbing of an engraved name and erasing a name from the wall. b. it shows the difference between a mirror that reflects images and a window that admits light. c. it gives the speaker the quality of empathy to show that he is open to the pain of other vietnam veterans. d. it attributes human qualities to the wall to emphasize how it brings together people from all walks of life.

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?