<span>The purpose of the figurative language in this excerpt </span>from The Crisis, Number I is to make the audience feel that being a self-centered and a person who refuses to speak about anything for the good of the common people is cruel and cold hearted. It is shown in this phrase "curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole".
Answer:
I think the answer is c
Explanation:
Its explaining their nervousness throughout the paragraph
The correct answer is: <span>B-he's whispering--spilling words like showers of sleet his mouth three inches from my ear(169)</span>
