In “A Letter from Abigail Adams,” how does Adams use rhetoric to express the concept of dread about the approaching war? Select all that apply. A)Adams uses metaphor to describe her anxiety when she says, “The rocks and quicksands appear upon every side.”
B)Adams uses alliteration to describe the state of current affairs when she says, “What course you can or will take is all wrapped in the bosom of futurity.”
C)Adams uses simile to describe her optimism when she says, “I find great pleasure and entertainment from it, and I have persuaded Johnny to read me a page or two every day, and hope he will, from his desire to oblige me, entertain a fondness for it.”
D)Adams uses analogy to describe the magnitude of pending events when she says, “The first of September, or the month of September, perhaps, may be of as much importance to Great Britain as the Ides of March were to Caesar.”

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? 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. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next