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The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. the figurative language in this excerpt serves to a. give the convict animalistic qualities. b. provide a relatable example of how the convict ate. c. set a scary mood. d. use alliteration to catch the reader's attention.

"the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."

Match the writing to the author or description. 1. history of the kings of britain layamon 2. brut twelfth-century literature 3. proverbs of alfred ballad 4. the twa sisters collection of wise sayings 5. sermons, sayings, history geoffrey of monmouth