7. in poetry and fiction, the main reason for using vivid words is to a. create a mental image. b. illustrate the writer's bias. c. keep the reader guessing. d. explain an idea.

Plz which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 was designed to appeal to slave states? a. congress passed a strict fugitive slave law. b. the slave trade was banned in washington dc. c. texas agreed to give away some of its land so that the territory would be available for future states. d. california was admitted to the union as a free state.