What is personified in the following lines from “Rip Van Winkle"?
When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print
their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes, when the rest of the
landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits
The villages
The clouds
The mountains
The rivers

i think you should write from the heart and think what truely makes a hero. i can’t do this for you. even though this is it’s up to you.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

answers may vary, but my guess based on my personal education it has alwats been 3 or 4