The author use what typed of language to convey a settings which sets a atmosphere .a gathering of the old men chapter 1

Select the correct answer. what sound device is used in the following excerpt from "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat" by carl sandburg? when there was a fight and a snag and a wrangle between two families living next door neighbors to each other and this old flongboo was called in to umpire and to say which family was right and which family was wrong, which family started it and which family ought to stop it, he used to say, “the best umpire is the one who knows just how far to go and how far not to go.” a. repetition b. alliteration c. rhyme d. consonance

Why does lewis thomas express concern about what we would say to beings from another planet

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."