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the old woman sounds like she is a find a metaphor that is being used.

old woman nature naturally has a bag of bones tucked away somewhere, a whole room full of bones! a scattering of hair and cartilage bits in the woods. a fox scat with hair and a tooth in it. a shell mounds a bone flake in a stream bank. a purring cat, crunching the mouse head first, eating on down toward the tail--the sweet old woman calmly gathering firewood in the moon . . don't be shocked, she's heating you some soup.

The old woman sound like a witch because,"old woman nature has a bag of bones tucked away somewhere,a whole room full of bones!

irving effectively uses emotional responses to create suspense in the story.irving’s tone creates expectations for the reader, which in turn create suspense.irving’s suspense would have been more effective with more vivid details.irving’s story is not suspenseful

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to become confederate citizens.bg j5yrn ehti5wrq4iu h3r etu