Certain literary devices such as similes, metaphors, and personification can help create word pictures for the reader. When persuasive writers use figurative language, they are more likely to engage their readers and make their argument more relevant and convincing.
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The simple predicate is may surprise
A.) lines 6-9
If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light, —
One if by land, and two if by sea;
Scientists had suspected that our planet formed dry, with high-energy impacts creating a molten surface on the infant Earth<span>. </span>Water came<span> much later, went the thinking, thanks to collisions with wet comets and asteroids.</span>
