Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". The blood leaped high;
it spouted like a broken leaden pipe
that, through a slender hole where it is worn,
sends out a long and hissing stream as jets
of water cleave the air.

Which statement best describes the use of poetic elements in the excerpt?

The figurative language describes the violence of the scene.
The predictable rhyme scheme emphasizes the quick action.
The symbolism of the blood suggests it is not real.
The steady rhythm imitates a funeral march.

President kennedy uses which of the following rhetorical devices in his rice stadium moon speech? difficult vocabulary informal tone questions allegory

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

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