Excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers"
by emily dickinson

[2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard—
and sore must be the storm—
that could abash the little bird
that kept so many warm—

[3] i've heard it in the chillest land—
and on the strangest sea—
yet, never, in extremity,
it asked a crumb—of me.

in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.”

which type of figurative language is evident in these lines?

a. onomatopoeia
b. alliteration
c. assonance
d. personification

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

In the poem, collins compares his love to a pigeon on a generals head

Agood thesis is very specific. it is not just a general statement. select the best answer from the choices provided t f