Answer:
B. In “A Thought . . .,” the speaker achieves contentment through steady contemplation, while in “Deliverance . . .,” the speaker achieves contentment through prayer and solitude.
Explanation:
Edgenuity
I believe the missing excerpt is from Midsummer by Derek
Walcott, which is as follows:
With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings,
midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
they seethe toward autumn's fire—it is in their nature,
being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.
So, based on the excerpt, the speaker thinks that the
riot was somewhat inevitable.
To add, Midsummer is a sequence of 54 lyrics that record one
year's passing in the poet's life from summer to summer.
Analogy is similarity between things.
In this case, an analogy is the last example - Apple is to tree as grape is to vine.
Answer:
I believe the answer should be C. an exaggeration of the way things really are.
Explanation:
Figurative language is typically when you go beyond the literal meaning or the words expected to be used. Such as a simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.
