1. read the following passage from "the happy man." "inside him, he felt a boundless power, an imperishable energy, and ability to achieve anything with confidence, precision, and obvious success. his heart was overflowing with love for people, animals, and things and with an all-engulfing sense of optimism and joy. it was as if he were no longer troubled or bothered by fear, anxiety, sickness, death, argument, or question of earning a living. even more important than that, and something he could not analyze, it was a feeling which penetrated to every cell of his body and soul; it played a tune full of delight, pleasure, serenity, and peace and hummed in its incredible melodies and whispering sound of the world which is denied to the unhappy." which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer in these lines to create humor? a. hyperbole b. incongruity c. irony d. sarcasm 2. all of the following statements about literary symbols are true except: a. symbols enhance the meaning of text b. symbols generally have only one meaning c. symbols are often timeless and universal in nature d. symbols can present in the form of characters, objects, or actions

Respond to the following prompts in your initial post: 1. explain if this essay is narrative or descriptive and provide reasoning to support your response. 2. describe what you believe the purpose of the essay is an support your answer with information from this week’s material. 3. now that you have identified the purpose of the essay l, explain why you believe the author did or did not achieve her intended purpose.

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"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