The correct answer is B.
Literary nonsense refers to a categorization of literature that balances elements that make sense with some that do not.
In this excerpt, Sandburg combines real places like Massachusetts, Soth Hadley and Northampton with the flongboo, an imaginary animal that has a yellow torch for a tail.
The correct answer is B)The writer is introducing an idea by comparing it to a situation most people would understand or experience.
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I think you should put a capital A after the colon
A friend called me....this is a clause because it has a subject and a verb
the building across the street....not a clause....no verb
looks pretty at night....not a clause.....no subject
because the boy shouted....this is a clause....an adverb clause that contains a subject and a verb
