Read this sentence from "The Vengeance of Achilles" from the Iliad.
Achilles approached, brandishing his great spear, and the flashing of his arms was like fire or the sun when it rises.
What does the phrase "like fire or the sun when it rises" mean?
showing great power
warning of what is to come
shedding light on everything
signaling danger
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English, 21.06.2019 16:00, isabhb4227
That pattern of stanzas from which a poem is built is called ?
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English, 21.06.2019 16:00, brialevy2283
Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's address to the troops at tilbury. let tyrants fear, i have always so behaved myself, that, under god, i have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore i am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my god, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. which statement best describes queen elizabeth's use of rhetorical appeals in this excerpt? she relies on ethos by explaining that she has previous experience fighting in battles. she relies on pathos by providing examples of other successes she has had as a ruler. she relies on ethos by establishing that she is there for more than just recreation. she relies on pathos by using emotionally charged words to motivate the troops.
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English, 21.06.2019 22:00, eeeeee7891
Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”
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Read this sentence from "The Vengeance of Achilles" from the Iliad.
Achilles approached, brandishin...
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