PLEASE HELP URGENT AND EASY!! which quotation best exemplifies alliteration?
1. “there never was a good war or a bad peace”- ben franklin
2. “i have never seen this river so wide it had only one bank” - mark twain
3. “the sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy”- charles dickens
4. “how many loved your moments of glad grace” - w. b. yeats

"to tell it right, it was through you i found my life and breathed again, and then through you my eyesight failed." this quote is from oedipus the king, explain why it's significant, paying special attention to word choice, figurative language, and the larger themes it reflects.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

What is the purpose of the introduction in an essay? a to establish the main idea of the essay b to explain the main idea to the reader c to highlight the most important concepts d to focus on current statistics