Answer: virus disease of chickens and other birds characterized by warty excrescences on the comb and wattles, and often by diphtheria like the changes in the mucous membranes of the head.
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It's not a denotation. If it were, the earth would be cinder long forgotten millions of years ago.
It really isn't to reveal the importance of watching the sky. The word burn is used poetically. If the poem wanted you to watch the skies, it would have said so either directly or indirectly using poetic language. Nowhere are you being asked to watch the skies.
There is nothing in theory about the burn and as a consequence there is nothing critical in the tone.
That only leaves A but it is not a very good answer.
A <<<< answer.
Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer in this passage?
a. flashback
A.
B is a run-on sentence. C and D are sentence fragments.