But since, alas! frail beauty must decay, curl'd or uncurl'd, since locks will turn to grey; since painted, or not painted, all shall fade, and she who scorns a man, must die a maid; what then remains but well our pow'r to use, and keep good-humour still whate'er we lose? and trust me, dear! good-humour can prevail, when airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail. beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. these lines, from clarissa's long speech in which she tries to calm the outraged belinda, cast her in the role of muse accomplice nymph raisonneur

In this unit ,we learned about arguments and rhetoric. in an argument we ,not informal language.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

When abigail is interrogated by parris, she: a. claimed that tituba made her do those things. b. admitted that she asked tituba to do those things. c. said that betty and ruth were dancing naked. d. asked for forgiveness from her dear uncle.