I think A would be the best for a persuasive essay
Answer:
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Mary stood as still as a deer in the wide,</em></u></h2>
Explanation:
This is a simile, because it uses LIKE OR AS.
More figurative language:
The hills and trees became her enemies now, laughing at her confusion.
This is PERSONIFICATION, because she is giving un-human objects human like actions.
The correct answer for the given question above would be option 2. Based on the given lines above from the excerpts from act II, scene IV, the lines that show that Duke Orsino considers men to be more easily swayed by passion than women is this: h<span>owever we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,
Than women's are.
Hope this helps.</span>
Try this one. <span>Why did the Duke kill his wife in "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning?</span>