Answer:
Personification
Explanation:
Personification is a type of figurative language where the author attributes human qualities to an inanimate object. In this example, the "gaze", an abstract object, "reached out". Reaching out is a quality of human beings.
They followed her around and annoyed her.
Answer:
The author means that now the tools are more important that the message itself.
Explanation:
The excerpt belongs to Small Change: Why the Revolution Won't Be Tweeted, an article written by Malcolm Gladwell, a Canadian journalist and writer. There, he discusses the impact of social media and other new tools in different movements across the world.
In this sentence, Gladwell means that the vehicle the message uses to travel is more important than the message itself. He uses as an example the case of Iran, where people got enough courage to uprise because of social media like Twitter. Even though it is an interesting idea, I don't totally agree with this. I think how the message travels is important, otherwise it could be really important but sterile. There's where the tools take more relevance; sometimes, due to different factors, the tools are faster and more efficient to use communication, but if the message is not relevant, then there are no good reasons to use the tools.
Answer:
There was a knock at their door. "They're here!" said Sally in a excited tone. "Sally, wait there by the door so they're surprised to see you when they come in" Sally's mother said. Hello Welcome! "This is Sally, my daughter." Said the mother. The gentlemen were very surprised to see their niece they have never met. "Sally, will you please grab their coats and hang them please?" said the mother. Gentlemen you can sit there by the fireplace and I will bring out some tea.
A. <span>The inhabitants of the empire experienced cultural and religious toleration.
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