What is the connection between this california area and john steinbeck?

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

What can a writer describe about two characters to develop their personalities? their communication the setting the exposition a transition

Which word in the sentence is a direct object? grandmother brought the whole family a present. a. grandmother b. present c. family d. whole