B) personification
Personification is when human characteristics/attributes are given to inanimate objects for the purpose of helping readers gain a clear understanding of what the writer is attempting to communicate. Personification gives readers a basis of comparison. Because everyone is human, personification is almost guaranteed to paint a clearer picture of something for which otherwise readers may have no experience. Thus, when the author writes “I hear America singing,” the connection is being made between what otherwise may not be known to that of singing—something about which everybody knows.
“Call Me Maria” is a young adult novel by Judith Ortiz Cofer which follows the first year in New York that 15 year-old Maria spends after emigrating from Puerto
Answer:
start an outline of what you want it to be on. start a thesis sentence, gather your information. write three body paragraphs using the evidence you researched write conclusion
Explanation:
First section:
1. Where
2. When
3. Who
4. Why
5. What
<span>1. Samantha tried to look impassive when they announced her essay as a finalist in the competition. - impassive means not to show any feelings, so <u>unemotional </u>is the correct answer
2. </span><span>Mr. Bradford lunged at his wedding ring as it fell into the vortex of the bathtub drain. - vortex is when a liquid is rotating around its center, which means that the correct answer is <u>whirlpool</u>
3. </span><span>Sarah’s mother mollified her screaming baby by giving her a teddy bear to hold. - to mollify means to appease, which means that the correct answer is <u>calmed</u>
4. This question is incomplete so I cannot answer it</span>
