Answer: A (Passage 1 views nature as harsh while Passage 2 views nature as delightful.)
Explanation:
Literal language means exactly what it says, while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something often through comparison with something different. See the examples below.
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B. He teaches them to fly kites and shoot marbles. </span>
Rip Van Winkle is popular with the children of the village
at the beginning of the story because he plays with them in an almost peer-like
fashion. Rip Van Winkle, indeed, teaches
the children to fly kites and shoot marbles in addition to making toys for them and
telling them stories.