Please help Read the excerpt from “From Barter to Bitcoin.”

Three friends have just spent an hour gathering colorful rocks at the beach. They arrange their finds on a beach towel and get ready to trade.

Megan sees that Pedro has a bright blue rock. Blue is her favorite color.

“How many of my shiny pink stones do you want for that bright blue rock?” Megan asks Pedro. She has plenty of shiny pink stones, but not a single blue one.

Pedro thinks for a moment and then says, “Five pink stones.”

“Five?” Megan says. “That is a lot. Will you take three?”

Sneha interrupts. She also loves blue. “I will give you this dark green rock for that blue one,” Sneha tells Pedro. Sneha knows that Pedro’s favorite color is green.

“Sold!” Pedro exclaims.

“Rats!” Megan grumbles.

Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's response to parliament's request that she marry. for i assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, i cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) i will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life; and whomsoever it shall be my chance to light upon, i trust he shall be such, as shall be as careful for the realm as you; i will not say as myself, because i cannot so certainly determine of any other, but by my desire he shall be such as shall be as careful for the preservation of the realm and you, as myself. in this excerpt, queen elizabeth says "for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life" in order to convince her audience that she is unbiased, intelligent, and rarely makes mistakes. inform her audience that she will work hard to win back the broken trust of her followers. persuade her audience that she will never make personal decisions that will harm england. remind her audience that she is the ruler and in charge of enacting laws that protect england.

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me