<span>In Claude McKay's poem Tropics of New York, the first thing used to provide the poem's initial imagery is d. fruit. Imagery is visually descriptive language that you can observe in literature. In order to recognize it in this poem, it is just enough to read the first stanza:
Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root, Cocoa in pods and alligator pears, And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit, Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,
As you can see, there is a vivid imagery that is employed by describing fruits.<span>
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I don't see the underline, but I'm pretty sure that the verb is "has known". That's the present perfect tense.
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To "persuade" means to convince someone to do something by arguing or reasoning with them. A persuasive speech is a type of speech in which the speaker tries to convince the audience to believe what they believe. The speaker cannot force his or her opinion on others. However, they can use certain words or express their opinion in such a way that hopefully causes others to accept their point of view.