4. is the language in the following passage formal or informal? this is a work of fiction. the characters, incidents, and dialogues in this book are products of the author’s imagination and do not actually exist. any similarity to actual events, or to persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. a. informal b. formal 4 of 10

What language device is used in the highlighted text?

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

If you were making a persuasive speech about how students should take creative writing every year they are in school, which sentence would most effectively support that argument?