In paragraph 4 of "a witch trial at mount holly," the author uses the words mob and populace to describe the crowd gathered to watch the witch trial. how do these words affect the meaning of the article? the words describe how the people are ignoring the facts. the words indicate that the people believe in witches. the words hint at how the people are understanding the situation. the words imply that the people are thinking and acting as a group.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme