Read the following greek myth and answer the question that follows.

as a young girl, persephone (daughter of zeus and demeter) traveled around the world with her mother. demeter ruled over the world and all that grew from it. hades (king of the underworld) wanted to marry persephone, so he kidnapped her and took her to the underworld. demeter’s distress over the disappearance of her daughter caused the crops to wither and die. zeus was afraid a famine was imminent, so he sent hermes to fetch persephone. hades gave persephone a pomegranate. she ate the pomegranate, not realizing eating food from the underworld would keep her there. as a result, zeus ordered that persephone would spend part of the year on earth with demeter and part of the year in the underworld with hades. therefore, for most of the year, the earth is alive and covered with growing plants. however, during the barren months, when persephone is with hades, demeter mourns her daughter’s absence, and the earth is bare and lifeless.

what does this myth reveal about the human condition?

a.

as humans, we dread nothing more than a famine.

b.

as humans, we have nothing in common with gods and goddesses.

c.

as humans, we love our families and would be very sad if a family member disappeared.

d.

as humans, we enjoy the change of the seasons and would be very sad if something happened to cause the seasons to stop changing.

It's timed! overpopulation can affect the natural environment • limiting land available for crops.• lowering the standard of living.• causing the destruction of forests.• worsening sanitation in cities.

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification