In her opening lines, Wheatly writes about the political appointment of William Legge, the earl of Dartmouth. She expresses the joy that New England felt about this event, for since the earl is friends with the countess of Huntingdon, who <em>supported the abolishment of slavery</em>, Wheatley hoped the earl would also be an abolitionist.
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It was a terrible first night there. They were forced to sleep outside. It was raining and there was lice on their straw beds. The smell was terrible. It was very cold. They had one blanket to share. They stood and walked all day.
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c. At four o’clock the tables folded like great butterflies back through the paneled walls.
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Personification is when an inanimate object is given the characteristics of a living thing. This means that when something that is not alive like stones or wood are given living attributes, making them look like they are alive, is known as personification.
Among the given examples, personification is seen in the sentence about the tables. Here, the tables are personified as <em>"butterflies</em>", capable of folding themselves like butterflies. The speaker states that <em>"the tables folded like great butterflies"</em>, which is realistically impossible for a table to fold by itself.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.
Hi! :) The tone is the feeling the the author creates using their words. A writer can make a story feel scary if they use words that indicate that mood like if they described a hauted house. They would say that it is dark, makes creaking noises, abandoned, old, or mysterious. The tone of a story creates the setting and mood for the reader to relate to and feel more engaged with the story.
