Background: the u. s. marine corps first adopted a blm wild horse for the mounted color guard in 1988. a two-year old horse called "okinawa" became an integral part of the equine unit, quickly learning to lead a parade with flags flapping, jets flying overhead, audiences clapping and dealing with unexpected loud noises. (2) his calm performances encouraged the marines to adopt seven other wild horses. (3) the mounted color guard has since participated in every tournament of roses parade in pasadena, california, since 1990, as well as dozens of other annual parades and shows.

which fact supports the idea that wild horses can be trained for adoption?
a) the author furnishes information of interest to potential adopters.
b) the author shows how hard it has been to get the horses ready for adopting.
c) the author tells of procedures for members of the public who wish to adopt a horse.
d) the author gives examples of wild horses being trained and then adopted by the u. s. marine corps.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification