Read the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance
Government":
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly,
but as machines, with their bodies. ... Such command no
more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They
have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet
such as these even are commonly esteemed good
citizens.
Which statement about Thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate?
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A. He uses parallelism to argue that people should not be judged by
appearances.
B. He uses parallelism to compare people to animals and inanimate
objects.
C. He uses metaphor to show how little the government values its
citizens.
D. He uses metaphor to show how Americans should serve the
government

In sonnet xix, at what point in his life did the speaker’s eyesight fail? in late spring at midlife when he lost his talent

How are the characters of tablin and keyn revealed in this excerpt from "the guard" by simon dunbar? a. indirectly through dialogue and by thoughts and actions b. directly through a narrative description c. indirectly through dialogue "where's my horse? " keyn asked. tablin looked around the dirt courtyard. he tried to peer through the shadowy arches of the flowing barrel. he even twisted in his saddle to look across the merchant's bazaar, past tents and warehouses filled with goods. "i don't know," he said. "did you leave it in your mouth? it's the only place i can think of that's big enough." keyn laughed; something got stuck in his throat half way, and he coughed for breath. "i can see you're good to go,” tablin observed as keyn struggled to clear his throat. “go get your horse yourself before i take the job and leave you to rot in the flowing barrel."

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