Each of the trees on the place had an attitude and a presence—the elm looked serene and the oak threatening, the maples friendly, the hawthorn old and crabby. What are the figures of speech in the underlined parts ?
A. simile
B. personification
C. metonymy
D. metaphor
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At any moment, rumor could have sent those savage levies _______ away into the mountains.
A. moving
B. climbing
C. disappearing
D. scrambling
Greece to the south was in a turmoil as the Persians marched toward it. What to do? Whom to trust? What to believe?
A. in a state
B. in a storm
C. in action
D. in disorder
Poverty being caused in the bed meant that the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.
A. production
B. destruction
C. improvement
D. conversion
Being incompetent and ineffective, it must not be asked to succor the poor; it will only louse things up or make things worse. “succor” has all the meanings EXCEPT
A. assist
B. help
C. relieve
D. suppress