A pledge,promise, or agreement to do something
I would say the last sentence shows mockery the best: "Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform." However, there might be others as well, such as: "The low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog."
Answer:
A.Direct Characterization
Explanation:
When the narrator states facts about a character’s personality
Ex. “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother.”
The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.” Both are “well-mannered.”
When an author uses direct characterization, the reader doesn’t have to do any “detective work”
Answer:
The similarity between these two texts is that both highlight the admiration for someone who is already dead. The difference is that "The Gettysburg Address" admires soldiers who died in the war, while "O Captain, My Captain" refers to admiration for the ship's captain, who represents Lincoln.
Explanation:
Both texts present an emotional language, where they admire and emphasize the importance of people who died in favor of a cause.
In "The Gettysburg Address" we can see a prose text, where the dead in the civil war are highlighted as heroes and important in this very inhospitable and dangerous environment. In "The Captain, My Captain" the language is even more emotional and shows the admiration of a captain who died while trying to guide his vessel on a dangerous voyage.
It describes love, the love he had for the dog, since he would do anything for it.
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