Which statement best describes how the use of an extended metaphor supports the tone of the passage? a. The extended metaphor of fireworks as performers creates a somber tone by comparing fireworks to a performer whose audience has moved on
b. The extended metaphor of fireworks as performers creates a celebratory tone by associating fireworks with entertaining dancing and music
c. The extended metaphor of fireworks as a symphony creates an intellectual tone by linking fireworks with the idea of highly complex music
d. The extended metaphor of fireworks as a symphony creates a reverent tone by connecting fireworks with important serious music

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Nat least 150 words, explain the symbolism of the quilt in “everyday use.”

In the excerpt from the emancipation proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that president lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?