Palpable means that something can be felt or touched. In the short story "the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht". The answer is D.
Parris asks Abigail about what had happened in the woods that night. He asks if there was witchcraft involved and if there was somebody naked dancing in the woods.
In the followoing sentence,"Seasons are celebrations. A year's a Ferris wheel. Both honor our world's habit of spinning 'round a star. " In the first line of this poem the poet id using the figurative language called a metaphor because he is making a direct comparison between two things. So your answer would be B, metaphor.
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The Correct Answer Should Be - John Muir's "Save The Redwoods" presents facts and evidence to convince readers to rescue the Sequoia.
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