Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall.”
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself.
The speaker’s reference to mythical creatures, elves, is a(n)
allusion.
example of imagery.
example of diction.
theme.
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English, 21.06.2019 18:30, ramirezzairap2u4lh
Identify the type of narration used in the excerpt. which words in the excerpt indicate the type of narration?
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English, 22.06.2019 05:50, yovann
[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant
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English, 22.06.2019 12:00, deebroussard
An author describes a new character as having hooded eyes wild movements and relentless energy which word best describes the impression other characters would have of the new character
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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall.”
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants...
That wants...
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