This question is about "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston
Answer:
The literary device is the allusion.
Explanation:
The Jordan River is mentioned in the story, as a way of referring to its meaning, in the lives of the characters. The Jordan River means the liberation that a people can achieve. When referring to this river, the author uses the literary device called Allusion, which allows the meaning of this river to be used in this narrative.
You’ve heard people mention that when they woke up in a good mood from a good night’s sleep, they noticed the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the birds were singing, and things were looking good with regard to a sense of optimism, right? These are all symbolic of hope—sun shining/blue skies/birds singing. If we look at this excerpt, the same sense of hope can be seen in the lines:
“The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.”
Answer:
B
Explanation:
Robots are objects so they don't get identifying pronouns, but the sentence is talking about for than one so you would say they.
Answer:
Somewhat anguished or saddened
Explanation:
Answer:
Scout is upset after the Halloween pageant because she messed up her performance! She was dressed as pork during the pageant, and her costume is nice and snug. Scout only has one job - to walk on the stage when Miss Merriweather calls her name, but when she's backstage, she falls asleep