Answer:
Past events have proven that Britain seeks to oppress and control the colonies.
Explanation:
From this excerpt of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, it is narrated how patiently the American colonies have suffered and how they wish to break free from their colonial masters, the British.
However, he notes that historically, the King of Great Britain has proven to be a usurper who has always been in support of the establishment of tyranny over these States by preventing the population of such States and obstructing the laws of naturalization of foreigners.
The statement that best describes the claim made in the excerpt is that Past events have proven that Britain seeks to oppress and control the colonies
Answer: C) April / Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers (Millay, "Spring").
Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). From the given options, the excerpt that contains an example of personification is the corresponding to option C, because it says that April (that is a non human concept) comes like and idiot, babbling and strewing flowers (which are human characteristics).
As I was going up the stair, I saw a man that wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today! Oh, how I wish he'd go away





sorry I don't know about 15, 16 and 20th question