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I'm pretty sure its C reveal what line comes next
In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west. Led by brothers Jacob and George Donner, the group attempted to take a new and supposedly shorter route to California
A) When a writer is trying to use a figurative language
My pet means the absolute world to me. She is my princess as I am her queen, she pounces on top of the highest object and she looks like the most powerful of all. Her fur is orange and white just like a tiger as she crawls through the tall grass looking for prey. At the end of the day she cuddles next to me and purrs as I stroke her softly until she falls asleep next to me watching television.
Answer: B) He wants to communicate directly with the readers.
Explanation: From the given options, the sentence that best explains why Walt Whitman uses such a simple phrase as "who I am or what I mean" in the given quotation from "Song of Myself" is the corresponding to option B: He wants to communicate directly with the readers, that is why he uses a simple phrase and also he addresses the reader in a direct way by using the pronoun "you."