For what purpose does Rudyard Kipling use figurative language in the short story, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"? The excerpt below is an example of figurative language
used for this purpose.
When he had lifted one-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayed balancing to
and fro exactly as a dandelion-tuft balances in the wind, and he looked at Rikki-tikki
with the wicked snake's eyes that never change their expression, whatever the snake
may be thinking of

"get off of your lazy bum and come running with me or i'm dumping this pitcher of water on u " u say with a smile. she thinks your joking so she ignores you about 10 seconds later shes screaming wile water is dripping everywhere you say "here comes the second one! " then you here her say okay, your such a j e r k ! ill be ready in 5 put the pitcher down " she say in an angry tone. and you smile in victory

good enough?

answer: do

the 'italicized phrase' is a noun clause that is used as a direct object.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.