The irony in the stephen crane poem "war is kind" is best summarized in which statement?
a) the statement that "war is kind" is never stated directly.
b) the statement that "war is kind" is constantly refuted through logic.
c) the statement that "war is kind" is denied by a character in the poem.
d) the statement that "war is kind" is interspersed with the cruelties of war.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat

What if the author had used “looked at” instead? punishment would be deemphasized. punishments would be seen as less harsh. the meaning wouldn't change.