Off there to the right--somewhere--is a large island," said whitney." it's rather a
mystery--" "what island is it? " rainsford asked. "the old charts call it ship-trap
island," whitney replied." a suggestive name, isn't it? sailors have a curious dread of
the place. i don't know why. some superstition--
these opening lines in the exposition of "the most dangerous game" are an
example of how an author
foreshadowing
humor
tragedy
the theme of: if you ever find yourself being hunted down by a wild russian,
hide in his bedroom and jump out right when he walks in. attempt to scare him
to death, duel with swords - your call!

Who has a strong argument, “ain’t i a women” or “give me liberty or give me death”?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

An essay about how social media is bad for some young girls that use it for the wrong reasons