<span>Muir's use of diction creates a mood of urgency and fear. The highlighted words - difficult, difficult, force, crooked, struggling, tangled, fallen, fear, faint and hungry - come together to make you feel that the author is in danger. The imagery is clear so that it comes alive in your mind. Diction can help create a mood which can help bring everything else together.
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Answer:
This metaphor basically means that if certain problems cannot be changed, look outside the box when you try to solve them. Try to solve the atmosphere or try to solve everything around the problem. If the problem can't be solved change the situation around the problem and eventually your solutions will be solved
Explanation:
1 Neil stand heavy metal
2 my parents are very thrilled about going to Rome
3 Olivia finds romantic films are boring
I don't see the specific choices, but maybe this will help...
The connotation (feeling of the word beyond the literal definition) here is negative. It is something silly or absurd/unjustified.