She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair,
and bathed rose petal sweet,
and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands,
and white shoes on her feet.

which literary technique does the stanza demonstrate?

a metaphor

b personification

c sensory imagery

d simile

Sensory imagery

Sensory imagery is when the author appeals to one or more of the five senses. In this passage the specific details about colors and sizes appeal to the sense of sight while the rose petals described as sweet appeal to the sense of smell. The other options don't work. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Nothing is being compared in these two lines so metaphor and simile are incorrect. Personification is giving nonhuman things human-like traits. The lines are describing a person so this is also not a viable option.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

b is the correct answer