It should be C the others really don’t make any sense
Answer:
(i) Americans are united at time of hardship.
(ii) It concentrates on the diversity of the American society and their unity.
Quindlen's piece was written in context of the aftermath of the terrorist attack of 9/11. It concentrated on how the Americans overcame the trauma.
>The short story ‘The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband’ by Fengi Ji-Cai focuses on community, power, status, judgement and persecution. This short story is based on the life of an inseparable couple that are persecuted and judged by people in their community. This attitude and judgement towards the couple is compared with the attitude from the country. The story is written by the neighbour’s point of view but not the couple’s point of view. This story is only written and spoken in a biased way and it is ironic that the couple do not speak, or give their view throughout the story.
Poe uses on the line "Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted" the following poetic device:
A. Alliteration.
Poe uses alliteration. Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently.
In this case, you can see (or more precisely, hear) the alliteration with the sounds of the words that begin or contain 'd',
