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.
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If so, the use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps the reader understand how hot the spear actually is.
The answer is C.in the United States,people are able to participate in goverment
The answer that best explains how Nye's word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt is the following one:
<span>Nye uses figurative language to support her opinion that staying connected to one's heritage makes life richer.
</span>As you can see, she is using her mother tongue when talking to her neighbors so as to show them that she is still very close to her heritage and family background.
Answer:
B. He explains how natural forces will cause the destruction of man-
made things.
Explanation:
(apex)
