Read the first stanza of the “star-spangled banner” by francis scott key and answer the question that follows:
o say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
what so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. o’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
and the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave. o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
which type of figurative language is used in line 4? (hint: pay special attention to the word gallantly)
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. metonymy
d. personification

Which two statements correctly identify the effect that a switch in narration from third person omniscient to third person limited has on a story? twlight

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.

Which elements are important to include in the conclusion of an argumentative editorial? check all that apply