Which of the following best describes the effect of the use of figurative language in the poem? a. the speaker uses metaphors to compare the summer to his beloved, degrading them for being harsh and fleeting. b. the speaker personifies the sun, making it appear like a friendly individual that one would want to be compared to. c. the speaker personifies death to create conflict as he battles death for his beloved. d. the speaker uses high diction throughout the poem to make his relationship to his beloved appear informal. ps: this is from commonlit(the source name is sonnet 18)

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable

What is the theme of "the story of the fisherman”?

12. involves getting to know and recording information about the characters in story such a physical characteristics action and ways in which they relate others characters and to the plot o a. close reading o b. character mapping o c. note-taking p