Im pretty sure b should be ur answer.correct me if im wrong
Answer and Explanation:
Paine uses personification to show how America has the capacity to be happy to get rid of foreign domination. As we know America is a continent (although Paine is referring to the country, USA) and therefore it is an inanimate being, but the ability to be happy is something unique to living beings. When Paine uses this ability to describe a state of America, he is using personification to show how happy American citizens will be with an independent and self-sufficient America that can tackle its own challenges without being dependent on anyone, being happy.
Is this the excerpt you are referring to?
<span>In a smithy
one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze
plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam-
the way they make soft iron hale and hard—:
just so that eyeball hissed around the spike.
</span>
If so, the use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps the reader understand how hot the spear actually is.
<u>B) Watch the actors' reactions, thereby adding to the humor.</u>
The dialogue, as well as the description of what the actors do, aims to be humorous. If the lookers saw the staged version of the scene, they would be able to what the actors' reactions, gestures, and movements and thereby the scene would accomplish its purpose of portraying a humorous, entertaining and funny story.
