Personification is basically taking an inanimate object and describing it as something only living things can do.
Ex: The wind howled
The wind isn't alive, so it can't howl
Explanation:
What terrible offense can result from romantic pursuits,
What great fights can arise from trivial things,
I sing- this poem for Caryll, muse is needed:
Even Belinda can do me the favor of reading this verse
The subject of the poem is trivial, but the praise could be great
If she (Belinda) inspires and he (Caryll) approves my poem.
Tell me, what strange motive could compel a well bred Lord (aristocrat or a gentleman) to assault a gentle girl?
Tell me, what even stranger cause, as yet unheard of,
could compel a gentle girl to reject a Lord?
Small men can undertake such bold actions
And soft-hearted women can hold so much anger?
Hey there!
Here is your answer:
<u>The proper answer to this question is option D "</u><span><u>The narrator asks about Rev. Leonidas W. Smily, and Simon Wheeler tells him a story about Rev. Leonidas W. Smily".</u>
Reason:
<u>The narrator is wondering what happened about the character Rev. Then Simon tells the narrator a story about Rev therefore summarizes the story about </u></span><span><u>Rev. Leonidas W. Smily!</u>
Also....
<u>Summaries are used in stories to tell a person a quick summary about the story. Summaries include the key details allowing the reader to understand the main idea of the story!</u>
Therefore the answer is option D.
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Hope this helps!
~Nonportrit</span>
The kind of phrase the underlined words in the sentence is: A. <span>adverb phrase. As the name suggests, an adverb phrase functions the same way the adverb does. It modifies a adjective, verb, and adverb. In the sentence above, the phrase provides more details on the adjective "thousands". </span>
