Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."

America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal.

Which techniques does the author use to develop her idea in this excerpt? Check all that apply.

metaphors
facts and statistics
contradictions
neutral language
loaded language
imagery

Metaphor, imagery and loaded language

Explanation:

A mongrel nation is a metaphor

...velvet and calico, checks and brocades are imagery; there are lots of imagery, imagery paints pictures you can relate with inorder to assimilate a concept.

It uses much words to invoke a persuasive tone that appeals to the emotion.

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Explanation:

what of the following? i don't know about you but i see no multiple choice answers.

i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and saw all the stuff he was working on. the lightbulb, film and the transmitter. as he walks in an idea hits him on how the lightbulb would work. he would have to change a few wires around to get it to light up. when he did change the wires around it worked so he decided to write a telegraph to his friend to tell him about his success.   as he was packing up he grabbed the telegraph and walked to his home. he told his wife about the success and the next morning mailed the telegraph.