Which scientific advance was made by the Texas Instruments company of Dallas? A)development of a silicon microchip
B)invention of an artificial heart
C)deciphering of the human genome
D)discovery of a vaccine for smallpox

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 " a crumb of me" what type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls

How does the author of finding flight incorporate ideas from the poem hope is the only thing with feathers into her work