Advances in technology may have increased our life spans but they also turned us into a civilization of hedonism which people are slaves to entertainment and self satisfaction, and this is true because its common for everyone, without internet people feel they will die, like for fact, research studies show that teenagers use their electronics so much as if it was their lifeline itself and people die without their music, like girls like to be on social media and all and boys like to play video games, without power, its the end of the world for them and this is true because people don't know how to be balanced.
It is D, smiling is a verb that functions as an adjective, because it is describing the vampire's appearance.
The line "Imitation is suicide" from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" uses the rhetorical device metaphor. The correct answer is option C. Metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to convey an implied comparison between two different objects. In this line, the word "imitation" is compared to "suicide".
"To a Louse" is a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns. It tells the story of a lady in church who looks elegant, fancy and beautiful. However, he notices that she has a louse in her bonnet. He begins talking to a louse about how elegant the woman is, and how the animal would be more at home with a beggar. However, at the end of the poem, he realizes that for the louse, any human being is prey.
The main message is an attempt to highlight how underneath all our fancy clothes, every human is ultimately just another human being, and that there is no difference between any of us to a louse, because we are all equal.
Literary analysis encourages students to branch beyond their own experiences and beliefs, and in doing so it allows students to build empathy. Empathy is the ability to consider someone else's feelings and thoughts in a situation. As you can imagine, empathy is important in relationships, job settings, and beyond.