When a writer uses words according to their dictionary definition, he or she is using .

when a writer uses words in an imaginative way to express meanings beyond the literal meanings, he or she is using .

figurative language is sometimes referred to as .

Me ! select the correct answer. in his essay "civil disobedience," henry david thoreau wrote "that government is best which governs least." which answer best shows how this motto reflects transcendentalist principles? a. an ideal government does not exist, so anarchy is best for a nation. b. citizens require the government to define the difference between right and wrong. c. government can act as an impediment to the will and morality of individual men. d. an ideal nation is one that is not governed by a monarchy or dictatorship. e. government on a large scale is inefficient and should be managed at the state level.

This passage contains repeated allusions to all the following except. a. sailing b. suitors c. hunting d. dreams

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