Read the following excerpts from a story about norse mythology: “loki then disguised himself in servant garb so that he might administer the sleeping potion.” “the thunder god thor relied on strength and daring, while his brother loki trusted his cunning instead.” “thor was doomed to lose the race from the beginning, for, you see, loki had devised a shortcut for himself.” which of the following inferences do these clues support? a. loki’s envy of his brother’s strength was all-consuming. b. loki was unconcerned about breaking the rules of decent society. c. those who rely on their cunning defeat those who depend on strength. d. the competitive nature of thor and loki’s relationship had its origin in their childhood. \

"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