Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ".

o captain! my captain! rise up and hear the bells;
rise up – for you the flag is flung – for you the bugle trills;
for you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths – for you the shores a-crowding;
for you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

what is the speaker referring to in these lines?

people on a boat are happy to be returning home from a trip.
the people of the country are celebrating lincoln’s victory.
people are crowding the shore, waiting for a boat to dock.
a celebration is being held by the passengers of a ship.

In addition to academic and extracurricular achievements in school, i am an involved member of my community. i volunteer at the local animal shelter every saturday morning, and i build houses for a nonprofit organization a few times a year with my family. which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? a. inductive logic b. ethos c. parallelism d. text structure

Which statement best describes how these paragraphs develop the central idea of the article? a- they elaborate on the idea that the offer has been made with youngsters in mind. b- they provide additional information as to why the prize is a wagon instead of something else. c- they support the idea that the wagon is attractive to youngsters and is a worthy prize. d- they introduce the idea that the newspaper is a generous organization. read paragraphs 4 and 5. the disc wheel coaster wagon is thirty-six inches long and sixteen inches wide. the coaster is built exactly like a high-powered automobile. the disc wheels have rubber tires and true roller bearings. it runs as smoothly as an eight-cylinder automobile. it is built of the strongest wood and is equipped with a reliable hand brake, enabling the owner to stop in an instant. the tongue—usually the first thing about a wagon to break and render the wagon unserviceable—is so stout that a man can jump on it without breaking it.

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.