In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem, The Concord Hymn, he describes the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In these two lines, what figure of speech does he use?

“Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.” A. personification
B. hyperbole
C. simile
D. alliteration

Saving issues in current developments

Read the sentence. at the end of the day, the dusk was filled by the coyote's haunting call. which revision puts the sentence in the active voice while maintaining the meaning? at the end of the day, the coyote’s haunting call filled the dusk. at the end of the day, the coyote’s call haunted and filled the dusk. at the end of the day, the coyote’s call was haunting the dusk. at the end of the day, the coyote was calling the haunted dusk.

If an author wanted to write a book that showed me the humor and the tragedy of life in a distant county he or she would likely write a