1) Phillis Wheatley's poetry: <span>D. Realism. She was the first black woman whose poems were published and followed. She stood as a source of inspiration for poets of her generation, and the main theme she depicted was all the aspects of African-American social realities.
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2) </span><span> Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County": E. Regionalism. In literature, regionalism can be defined as focusing the story at a particular region including its ethical peculiarities. This story is focused on the characters, dialect and customs that belong to Calaveras.</span>
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3) </span><span>Walt Whitman's poetry: B. American Romanticism. Walt Whitman is one of the most prominent American Romantic poets. He created a special style that included many truths and satires in a simple language. In his poems, he developed many themes that were so important for Romanticism movement, such as freedom and democracy.
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4) </span>Henry David Thoreau's Walden: B. American Romanticism. Thoreau was a special writer due to ideas of civil disobedience that can be seen in his famous essay. However, he did not only revealed themes about protesting government, he also described the beauty of nature which was a big theme in American Romantic writing. Walden is the best example of nature admiration.
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5) </span>Trickster tales and creation stories: A. Early American and Colonial Literature. In such tales, the main character is called Trickster. In folklore, the protagonist can be depicted as a god or<span> an</span> anthropomorphic animal. Since the very first pieces of <span>American literature contain lots of tales about Indian cultures and religions, A fits here.</span>
"If I Forget Thee<span>, </span>Oh Earth<span>" is a short </span>story<span> by Arthur C. Clarke. This </span>story<span> can be split into two distinct portions: the exposition and the didactic. In the beginning of the </span>story<span>, the exposition, hints about the location and context are given, but nothing is explicitly told to the reader.</span>
Answer: dreams and ambition by using metaphors.
Explanation: As you know, a metaphor is acomparison between things that are not related with each other at first sight, that is why that In the given excerpt from Act II of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, we can see the use of metaphors to compare and describe dreams (by comparing them to ambition and shadow: "Which dreams, indeed, are ambition" and "A dream itself is but a shadow") and ambition (by comparing it to a shadow's that can be: "and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow’s shadow". Hope this helps.
Answer:
The phrases that support the author's purpose of describing how lovely and full of life the place was:
Supports Purpose
-wildflowers delighted
-places of beauty
-countless birds
Is Neutral
-the snow
-in winter
-Along the roads
Explanation:
These are words that supports the author's purpose and the ones that are neutral.
The phrases "places of beauty", "wildflowers delighted", and "countless birds" all support and give credence to the loveliness and liveliness of the place.
However, the neutral words that do not directly support the author's purpose, the neutral phrases "the snow", "in winter", "along the roads" are just used to describe the weather and road without supporting the author's description of liveliness.
