Read the following excerpt from Preludes" by T. S. Elliot The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways . Six o'clock The burnt -out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots ; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney -pots , And at the corner of the street A lonely cab -horse steams and stamps . And then the lighting of the lamps .
Which statement best explains how the poet's use of figurative language in this excerpt conveys the tone ?

A. The speaker conveys a hopeful tone by comparing a city scene to a peaceful natural setting .
B The speaker conveys a sense of disgust by using sensory details to portray a grimy city scene .
C The speaker conveys a sarcastic tone by comparing a city scene to a peaceful natural setting
D The speaker conveys that the city is beautiful by using sensory details to portray a pleasant scene

you can't answer this. more information is needed.

in the secret life of walter mitty, the main character leads a dull life, or so he thinks.in all his daydreams he plays the role of some hero or a man who is unbelievably resourceful.whether a pilot, a surgeon   or even a criminal, he is better, so much better than all the rest of the characters in his delusions.he comes up with ideas nobody else could have conceived .when he comes back to reality, whatever he has to deal with seems silly, boring without any motivation to deliver.

in a sound of thunder a hunter,eckles, wants to use a time machine to go back in time to catch a tyrannosaurus rex. by then, 2055 elections were go held and a   new hitler was beaten by a far better candidate, keith.once he and other men have traveled,   he gets cold feet. he in   some way has known   this is not a good idea.he hears this sound , too strong for him to put up with . hopeless, he abandons the project making a mistake - another one as the first is to travel in time-that causes a butterfly effect when he comes back. in the end , changes reality for worse; the anti human anti christ deutscher,   is the president.

the correct option is c) “logical reasons.”

writers should explain their position by writing logical reasons. in order to build effective arguments, clear evidence and logical ideas should be used to support the writers’ position.

counterclaims are used when the writers do not agree with a claim proposed by another author.

fair rebuttals are used by writers when a counterclaim to their position is being presented.