"--a little city of forty thousand that has dozed sleepily for forty thousand years in southern georgia occasionally stirring in its slumbers.." the figurative device used to describe the city is called a) allegory b) allusion. c) flashback. d) personification.

D) personification

Personification is giving a non-human thing human-like traits. The city is not a human, but sleeping is. Therefore the description of the city uses personification. Another example of personification is: "The cloud cries down on the valley."

An allusion is a reference to another published work. If a relationship is described as "star-crossed", it would be an allusion to Romeo and Juliet.

A flashback is an interruption in a story to tell about something that has already happened. Often flashbacks are used to give background information about a character to better understand his/her motivation.

An allegory is a story with a double meaning.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer:

a. "there, said he, there is something for you."

explanation:

"said he" should not have been part of what is in the dialogue.