Why is alabanza's author's allusion to atlantis effective? it was a similar building workers in both places were acting the same way atlantis sank into the sea just as wtc fell into manhattan none of the above the glass breaking in the wtc is compared to an ice storm, which is a simile metaphor personification hyperbole

in at least 150 words, discuss the tone of the narrator in "i stand here ironing," and explain how it impacts the telling of the story

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."