Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of the awakening. he walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which connected the lebrun cottages one with the other. he had been seated before the door of the main house. the parrot and the mockingbird were the property of madame lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. mr pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining. which best explains why the author includes the parrot and the mockingbird in her description of the main house? a. to the reader identify the types of wild birds present in the novel’s settingb. to the reader imagine the layout of the cottages in the novel’s settingc. to the reader identify the major characters present in the novel’s settingd. to the reader imagine the sounds present in the novel’s setting

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

"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

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls