Which line from the text best supports this central idea?
A. Most of these immigrants were poor.
B. The voyage was an ordeal, but it was worth it.
C. Scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding us into separate groups as though we were animals.
D. Filing into an enormous inspection hall, the immigrants formed long lines separated by iron railings.
Answer:
Explanation:
The language suggests that the answer was C. Scrowling pushed pulled passengers, herding as though we were animals.
I don't know how much more forcefully this could be stated.
Answer:
The figurative language device present in the line "I was lifted aloft on a great wave of infatuation and pity" from "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is a simile. This is because it directly compares the narrator's emotional state to being lifted on a wave, using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison. In this case, "like" or "as" is implied, so it's an implicit simile.
Answer:
The figurative language device present in the line "I was lifted aloft on a great wave of infatuation and pity" from "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is a simile. This is because it directly compares the narrator's emotional state to being lifted on a wave, using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison. In this case, "like" or "as" is implied, so it's an implicit simile.
Explanation:
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B. state legislatures set aside ten percent of their seats for African Americans.
C. Southern landowners give ten percent of their land to freed men.
D. the South pay ten percent of the Union’s war costs.