When should you use a semicolon?
a. when you want to replace the conjunctions and, or, or but and to connect the main clauses of a compound sentence
b. when you want to replace a period at the end of a sentence
c. when you need to introduce a list of items
d. when you want to join two independent clauses where the second clause explains the first

Read the lines from "there was a child went forth" and answer the question. and the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the fruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; and the old drunkard staggering home from the out-house of the tavern, whence he had lately risen, and the school-mistress that pass'd on her way to the school, and the friendly boys that pass'd—and the quarrelsome boys, and the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, and all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. which poetic device is exemplified in this stanza? select all that apply. allegory anaphora imagery metaphor

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents

Boss: oh no! that’s the phone again! secretary: blank boss: . a. shall i take it? b. will you answer it? c. can you do me a favor? d. may i hang it up?