3. In the section “The Death Zone," Poorna says that the view from the top of Everest "was an ocean of ice-capped mountains.” What literary device does Poorna use in this
quote? Why might the author have decided to include this quote in the article? (literary
devices, author's craft)

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went