<span>A sudden turn of fortune allows Farquhar to escape and make a mad dash to his far away home to embrace his wife again. Then the ending of the "occurrence" tells a surprisingly different story, a story of a successful hanging.
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The correct answer is D
Can you help me with my question?
Identify the figurative language used in the sentence below (taken from the text)
"...they (rumors) were now for the most part black creatures who flapped their wings drearily near to the ground and refused to rise on any wings of hope."
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) alliteration
Choose the most accurate paraphrase for the sentence below.
"No respite was given the troops. Instead they were driven back into the fracas on the sward."
a) The troops had no rest, but were driven back into the woods by the sword.
b) The troops had no food, but had to continue fighting in the woods.
c) The troops had no rest, but had to return to the fight in the field.
<span>It is made up of one long, complicated sentence.
Syntax refers to the way words are strung together to create phrases and sentences. The other features of these lines are correct, but not relevant to the syntax. The fact that all eight lines make up one complete (though very complex) sentence is a feature of the syntax. </span>
