Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
the practice, hence, is so far from affecting british subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for
these, thousands of american citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been
torn from their country and from everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a
foreign nation and exposed, under the severities of their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and
deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of
taking away those of their own brethren.
use a dictionary or context clues to determine the best definition for pretext?
idea
chatter
destructive
misleading appearance or behavior

i go to the store and buy some cheese,suddenly there was akward silence.   out of no where comes a ninja, and he takes an apple, and chokes the cashier, until he passes out.   the disapeared in a puff of smoke.   the cashier went to the doctor, and everything was fine again.   they all lived happily ever after without anymore ninjas.

the end

go to buy cheese= exposition

akaward silence= rising action

ninja chokes the cashier= climax

cashier goes to the doctor= falling action

they live happily ever after= resolution

the answer is culture

lil whire

explanation:

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.