Answer:
Gerund Phrases as Objects
Just as nouns sometimes function as objects in a sentence, so can gerund phrases. Tim enjoys running with scissors. In this sentence, the gerund phrase running with scissors is the direct object of the verb enjoys.
Explanation:
Situational irony because it's the situation.
"The grass is always greener on the other side," she chirped, but her advice meaned nothing to me. I hope I helped :)
Personification- I'm not quite sure, but, "Is this a dagger which I see before me," appears to be personification. I could be wrong.
Apostrophe- None, that I know of.
Allusion- "I have thee not, and yet I see thee still."
Hyperbole- "The handle toward my hand? Come. let me clutch thee:--"
cause-and-effect reasoning is mostly persuasive as it helps answer the question on <em>'how' </em> <em>one person, thing, or event causing another thing or event to occur </em> or <em>'why' something happens </em>making a statement objective and rational rather than a blind assertion/affirmation.
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