The <span>sound device used in the following excerpt from "How the Animals Lost their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat" by Carl Sandburg is <u>repetition.
</u>You can see that the fragment <em>which family was </em>is repeated a several times throughout the excerpt, which is why repetition is the correct answer.<u>
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The choices for the above question are:
a. suggest that the relationship between Britain and America cannot be severed.
b. exaggerate the colonists’ claims of injustice against Britain.
c. emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible.
d. describe Britain’s cruel treatment of the colonists
In this excerpt, Paine uses figurative language to emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible. The answer to your question is C. I hope that this is the answer that you were looking for and it has helped you.
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