Answer:
The main themes in "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the madness and sanity, the pressure of guilt, and the passage of time.
Two or more things placed side by side to contrast or compare.
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Sweep is the action word because sweep is the only verb found in the sentence
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<span>"General Barker bustled about the house like a woman preparing Thanksgiving dinner for twenty."
Comparing General Barker, a man in one of the most masculine professions there are, and preparing for a demonstration of an incredibly powerful weapon of mass destruction, to a woman preparing for Thanksgiving Dinner is ironic in its great contrast between the subject and what he's being compared to. </span>
The answer is D
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