Answer:
The heart is a very important part of the body, and does act like a pump to move blood through the body.
Explanation:
Fiction or Fantasy because obviously no man is going to turn into a monstrous vermin overnight and Gregor is still rational and acts like a human which vermin do not do.
The rhetorical device used by Twain in this excerpt is the anecdote (C.).
<u>An anecdote is defined as an entertaining narrative, usually relating biographical events</u>.
This definition fits to the text because the story is an account of events which happened to the character in the past ("One winter's night, two years ago, I...") and the narrative is comical enough to be considered for entertainement value ("I was carrying off a box of guns ... and he had got my corpse!").
Answer:
Free-Verse poem contributes to the theme of the poem as:
Option C: The absence of rhyme and meter brings out the meaningless nature of war that destroys lives and causes grief to innocent people.
Explanation:
The mentioned poem by 'Stephen Crane' highlights the brutality of war. It portrays the pain of separation by the the loved ones of the soldiers who die in the war.
He doesn't focus on the heroism of the soldiers instead talks about the psychological suffering of the people because of war.
Free verse poem is the one which doesn't have a specific rhyme and meter. It can have breaks in the stanzas. Absence of rhyme and meter highlight how meaningless a war which only destroys lives and brings sadness all over. Thus, free verse poem contributes to the theme of the poem.
