I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

Identify the allusion. Then identify the effect of that allusion.

A. the speaker alludes to rivers from his childhood; the effect is that the rivers are part of the collective

B. the speaker alludes to rivers from his childhood; the effect is that the reader understands that the rivers were created by African Americans

C. the speaker alludes to rivers as old as civilization itself; the reader recognizes that the poet is intelligent

D. the speaker alludes to rivers as old as civilization itself; the poet shows how the survival of his people is like the long life of the rivers

Read the passage. (1) queen victoria of england remained in mourning for several years after the death of her husband, albert. (2) victoria did not like to be seen in public during that time. (3) she remained in seclusion in the palace and let her son, the prince of wales, represent her at most public functions. (4) she eventually returned to public life after prime minister benjamin disraeli persuaded her to do so. (5) upon her return, victoria showed concern for england’s poor and needy, which endeared her to her subjects. which is the most effective way to vary the sentence patterns in the passage? lengthen sentence 5. start sentences with different parts of speech. invert most of the sentences. combine sentences 3 and 4.