In the second sentence, the adjective is delighted. In the third sentence, the adjective is large. The first sentence doesn't contain an adjective.
Answer:
Whitman's metaphor communicates the idea that Americans are all connected as a group. Everyone may sing his own song, but they all sing together in a united way.
Explanation:
All I know about that book is that it's set in small New England villages, so C would make sense but not 100% sure
The answer is understatement because he says that he "does not write all that much." This understatement in his short autobiographical essay adopts the same tone found in "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella."
An understatement is a literary device that writers use to make an event seem less important that it appears to be.