Read the claim. Claim: The British tea set is the most historically significant object because it represents the breaking down of social barriers between the upper and working classes of Britain.

Which statement is the strongest counterclaim to the claim?

- Tea houses and tea gardens were a greater factor in the breakdown of social barriers than the actual tea set itself.

- There were many things that led to the upper class’s newfound mutual respect and admiration for the working classes of Britain.

- The upper classes were happy; if the lower classes could afford tea, then they could consume less alcohol.

- Although tea became affordable enough for all classes, it did not mean that the upper classes socialized more with the working ones.

Which two statements are the most likely interpretations of macbeth's behavior in act iii's banquet scene?

In brave new world why does bernard dislike henry ford?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification