McKay personifies America as a woman who feeds him "bread and bitterness" and who sinks her "tiger's tooth" into his throat. By using the pronouns she and her to refer to America, McKay turns the concept of a country into a person who can cause the narrator harm even while he loves her. The effect of this personification turns the relationship between the narrator and his country into a more personal relationship, full of the conflicting emotions that come along with loving a person.
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Answer:
To offer a description of the snake
Explanation:
The adjectives “slippery” and “slimy” are alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, so in this case we have “slippery” and “slimy”, with the repetition of the “s” consonant sound. Therefore the alliteration “slippery, slimy” is describing the snake.
Answer:
D - Everyone in this room that want to go on the field trip should turn in money.
Explanation:
Any time the subject is singular and 3rd person (he, she, it, a person's name, or ends in 'one' or 'body), the verb ends with an S. He WANTS, Sarah WANTS, everyone WANTS.
Poems use figurative language to express ideas that are not literal.
