How does Chekhov's description of the setting support the banker's evil plan to kill the lawyer?a. Chekhov describes everyone as sleeping.
b. Chekhov describes a dim, solitary setting in the garden.
c. Chekhov describes a cold, dark setting near the lodge.
d. Chekhov describes the passage and entry to the lodge.

Final answer:

The change of tone in the last couplet of Phillis Wheatley's poem 'On Being Brought from Africa to America' is primarily due to the literary element 'diction'. Diction, or word choice, is used to shift the tone from a pessimistic to an optimistic perspective on the potential elevation and salvation of her race.

Explanation:

In the poem 'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phillis Wheatley, the literary element that is responsible for the change of tone in the last couplet of the poem is diction.

Diction refers to word selection. It is crucial in shaping the mood, tone, and imparting deeper meanings in the text. In the last couplet, Wheatley uses words such as 'refin'd', 'join', and 'angelic train' to express the potential elevation of her race, implying a shift from a realist view on their conditions to a hopeful and optimistic perspective.

The shift from terms that suggest her initial deprivation and scorn ('Pagan land', 'benighted soul', 'scornful eye', 'diabolic dye', 'black as Cain') to words that demonstrate redemption ('refin'd', 'join', 'angelic train') indicate a change of tone from a dismal state to an optimistic view on inclusion and salvation.

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

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1. What I saw in the closet left me speechless.= subject

Here, the noun clause is What I saw in the closet. This clause is used as the subject of the sentence. So, you can replace the entire clause with one simple word - he. For example: He left me speechless. This way you can easily determine that the first word (or rather the entire clause in the example above) is the subject.

2. When I was six, I learned how to swim.= direct object

The noun clause here is How to swim. Even though this may look like an adverbial clause, it is not because it has the function of a direct object (which only noun clauses can). You can easily determine that this is a direct object by asking the question - what? For example: What did I learn when I was six? And the answer is: How to swim. This way you know it is an object.

3. I was caught between what my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do.= object of a preposition

Here, the noun clauses are What my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do. They are objects, but not regular objects (like in sentence 2 above). Given that they are located after the preposition between, they are called object of a preposition.

4. The scary movie I watched is what kept me awake that night.= predicative nominative

Predicative nominative is a word, phrase, or an entire clause following a linking verb (such as to be, to seem, etc.). In the example above, the linking verb is IS, and the clause following it What kept me awake that night is the predicative nominative.

Answer:

Personification.

Explanation:

Personification is a figurative language where a writer attributes human qualities to a non-human entity, an abstract idea or element. It allows the abstract idea or theme to have human characteristics, and make it seem like it is like a human.

So, in the given sentence, the sun is personified as a living human being that "peeked its head over the horizon". This act of "peeking" is a human quality where the sun is like a human being capable of human actions. Thus, the figurative language used in the given line is personification.