"the cats fur is as smooth as silk is a metaphor
Tone, as you may know, is the general attitude an author takes in the construction of a story, essay, poem, etc. that can be determined by the author's choice of words. When we look at the essay, "Murmurs," by K.C. Cole, we see slang/informality in the author's word choice in the following sentence from the essay: "Because there's scientific gold in them there sinusoidal
hills." Additionally, there are many analogies and similes the author uses in the explanation of concepts such as when the author writes "Like children going after cookies the patterns of sloshing particles left their sticky fingerprints all over the sky." As such, one way to describe the author's tone would be informal (almost playful/humorous) yet informative.
The answer to your question is B i believe
The rhetorical device used by Twain in this excerpt is the anecdote (C.).
<u>An anecdote is defined as an entertaining narrative, usually relating biographical events</u>.
This definition fits to the text because the story is an account of events which happened to the character in the past ("One winter's night, two years ago, I...") and the narrative is comical enough to be considered for entertainement value ("I was carrying off a box of guns ... and he had got my corpse!").
<span>1.The rediscovery of ancient national epics such as Beowulf,which led to the rise of European nationalism
2.The rediscovery of the Greek and Roman classics,which led to the flowering of art and culture in Europe
3.The translation of the Greek and Roman classics,which led to a revival of Greek and Roman religion
4.The translation of the Greek Bible in Europe,which resulted in greater emphasis on reformation
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