Read the excerpt from the crisis, number iv. "you ought not to think an hour upon the matter, but to spring to action at once." what is the purpose of the words "hour" and "spring"? a) to remind readers that they must take action immediately to succeed against the british b)to encourage readers to think critically about both the american and the british point of view c)to remind readers of the many hardships americans have faced as a result of british oppression d) to encourage readers to support american independence even if they do not understand the cause

Compound and complex sentences pre test active time remaining 19: 06 a sentence that includes an independent clause and at least one dependent clause is called a sentence.

Changing the sentence structure and how quickly events unfold in a story can affect which literally element?

"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