"and then death went his way without a word. he's killed a thousand in the present plague."
this excerpt provides an example of which of the following?
a. the author's use of verbal irony to illicit a feeling of dread.
b. the author's use of simile to create imagery and establish tone.
c. the author's ability to create suspense to advance the plot.
d. the author's ability to relate a literary work to an historical context.

"this is just to say" by william carlos williams, which of these poetic devices does this poem most represent?

Which is best evidence that mary is beginning to change

It warportant fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "in another country" by ernest hemingway? a. it establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically it shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions b. c. it establishes the wounded soldiers' determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. d. it shows the wounded soldiers' sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect e it shows the wounded soldiers' belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.