Read this sentence. The river made a pleasant noise as it flowed through the rocks.

The writer revised this sentence to include personification. Which revised sentence shows an example of personification?

Select one:
O a. The river laughed as it danced over the pebbles.
O b. The river wound through the forest like a train.
O c. The river was as quiet as a mouse.
O d. The river was a symphony.

a is the answer

Explanation:

The river is given the actions of a person which are laughing and dancing, the river cannot actually laugh and dance but the way it was moving, if it was a person, it would have been laughing and dancing over the pebbles.

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."