Read the following passage: for a long time, i refused to forgive philippe for what he had said, i held on to my unforgiveness in the hopes that by drinking this poison i might kill my enemy. but soon it was my insides that were burning. how does the metaphor in this passage most clearly support the author's purpose? o a. it compares unforgiveness to drinking poison to show that it hurts the offended more than the offender o b. it likens enemies to poison to show that sometimes we don't know we've been harmed until it's too late. o c. it makes philippe seem like poison to show how he damaged the speaker's inner being. o d. it illustrates unforgiveness as a poison to show how it can be administered incorrectly.

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."

the awnsers b

explanation:

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,

awnser:

over the two days of the convention, presided over by lucretia’s husband james mott, the declaration of sentiments was read and its resolutions debated. the ninth resolution continued to be the most controversial, particularly because the attendees were predominantly quaker, and quaker men often declined to vote. freed slave and newspaper editor frederick douglass argued for approval of the resolution and convinced the audience of its necessity. at the end of the convention, about 100 of the attendees signed the declaration, although some removed their names later due to criticism.