In this excerpt from act ii of shakespeare’s macbeth, which figure of speech is used in the underlined words? macbeth: is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand? come, let me clutch thee: — i have thee not, and yet i see thee still. art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight? or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? i see thee yet, in form as palpable as this which now i (act ii, scene i)

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which words and phrases connect the ideas in this excerpt from a compare and contrast essay? the team considered using products made by company a and company b. however, the budget and concerns about learning about two products meant that they needed to choose only one. they realized that the product from company a was of excellent quality, to company b's product.

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer