Read this excerpt from patrick henry's speech they, british ships, are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the british ministry have been so long forging.
what kind of figurative language does he use here?
a: metaphor
b: rhetorical question
c: tone
d: simile

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.