Match the description to the term. 1. first English essayist

personification

2. the first American novel

The Power of Sympathy

3. a direct comparison

infinitive phrase

4. a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

prepositional phrase

5. America's first great playwright

Francis Bacon

6. use of exaggerated language

Emily and George

7. The Scarlet Letter

Samuel Clemens

8. the two young lovers of Our Town

anthology magazine

9. giving inanimate objects human characteristics

simile

10. to town immediately

stage manager

11. the audience's guide for Our Town

Nathaniel Hawthorne

12. Mark Twain

metaphor

13. comparison of two unlike things using as or like

Eugene O'Neill

14. to leave immediately

hyperbole

15. Reader's Digest

thesaurus

1. First English essayist - Francis Bacon

2. The first American novel - The Power of Sympathy

3. A direct comparison - metaphor

4. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms - thesaurus

5. America's first great playwright - Eugene O'Neill

6. Use of exaggerated language - hyperbole

7. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

8. The two young lovers of Our Town - Emily and George

9. Giving inanimate objects human characteristics - personification

10. To town immediately - prepositional phrase

11. The audience's guide of Our Town - stage manager

12. Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens

13. Comparison of two unlike things using as or like - simile

14. To leave immediately - infinitive phrase

15. Reader's Digest - anthology magazine

Explanation:

Here, you were given many different terms and names related to English/American grammar and literature.

Several important names are mentioned here. Francis Bacon is considered to be the first English essayist. Eugene O'Neill is the first American great playwright. Nathanial Hawthorne was an important American novelist and short story writer. He wrote The Scarlet Letter. Mark Twain was also an important American writer, and his real name was Samuel Clemens.

The first American novel is called The Power of Sympathy, and Reader's Digest is an American anthology magazine.

Our Town is a play written by Thornton Wilder. Emily and George are two young lovers that appear in it, and the one who guides the audience through the place is the stage manager.

A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (words that have the same meanings and words that have the opposite meanings) is called a thesaurus.

The metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole are examples of figures of speech.

To town immediately is a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases are groups of words that consists of a preposition, its object, and words that modify the object.

To leave immediately is an infinitive phrase. Infinitive phrases are groups of words that consist of the infinitive form of a verb and any complements and modifiers.

atmospheres is the answer to your question.

explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.