Answer:
Two devices that are being used in the lines are:
C. repetition
D. rhyme/rhythm
Explanation:
Repetition is a literary device consisting of repeating the same word or phrase for emphasis or clarity. Repetition can appear in both prose and poetry, and it can also be a rhetorical device. In the lines we are analyzing here, the phrase "I'm growing" is repeated at the beginning of each line:
I'm growing fonder of my staff;
I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;
I'm growing fainter in my laugh;
I'm growing deeper in my sighs;
Rhyme is a correspondence of sounds between different words. In the lines above, we have a rhyme scheme of ABAB, that is, "staff" rhymes with "laugh" - lines 1 and 3 -, and "eyes" rhymes with "sighs" - lines 2 and 4.
As for rhythm, I believe we have an iambic tetrameter - a four time repetition of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Take a look below:
I'm growing fonder of my staff;
The major problem in texting is the abbreviations, such as "u", " gtg","ttyl","lmao" and so on. These abbreviations cause improper grammar. Those who use these abbreviations, instead of using proper grammar, get into the habit of using "u" and "gtg" and then when they write a paper, or reply to an email, or something they end up using those same abbreviations. Causing a deterioration in proper English usage.
Answer:
C. The author relies on the reader's expectation that the wealthy teen would be the villain of the story and flips this expectation, making him the regretful protagonist, to create irony.
Explanation:
Irony is the expression of ideas in words that are the opposite of what is meant. To achieve this, The Onion Staff, refrained from using words that paint the wealthy teen to be what he truly was, the villain in the story who drove under the influence of alcohol thus endangering the lives of others.
He was rather painted as the protagonist who was unjustly arrested by the police and denied his luxuries for some time. The effect of this irony was humor that made mockery of Charles Wentworth's misbehaviors.
The answer to the first blank above would be ''decisiveness'' and the other would be "unscathed". Possessing strong resolve or decisiveness is sometimes needed to escape unharmed or unscathed during stressful times or situations.
“JOHN BROWN in Kansas settled, like a steadfast Yankee farmer,Brave and godly, with four sons—all stalwart men of might.There he spoke aloud for Freedom, and the Border strife grew warmerTill the Rangers fired his dwelling, in his absence, in the night; And Old Brown, Osawatomie Brown,Came homeward in the morning to find his house burned down.Then he grasped his trusty rifle, and boldly fought for Freedom;Smote from border unto border the fierce invading band:And he and his brave boys vowed—so might Heaven help and speed ’em—They would save those grand old prairies from the curse that blights the land; And Old Brown, Osawatomie Brown,Said, ‘Boys, the Lord will aid us!’ and he shoved his ramrod down.”
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