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Identify the literary device used in the following passage:

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darlingmy darlingmy life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Brutus: Peace! Count the clock.
Cassius: The clock has stricken three.

These lines place a clock in classical Rome when clocks had not yet been invented. These lines contain an example of

Identify the literary device used in the following lines:

There wasn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there wasn't any lock on the door and hogs likes a puncheon floor in  summer-time because its cool. If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different.

Identify the literary style of the following passage:

Sing of the well-quivered, silver-bowed Delian son of Zeus
with an eager heart and a fair sounding tongue. 
Put in your hand the beautiful olive branch of a suppliant
and the glorious bough, young men of Athens. 
And may a faultless hymn sing of the son of Leto
Who once begot the helper against diseases and human misery,
Asclepios, an eager young man.
On the peaks of Pelion a centaur taught him the craft
and wisdom that ward off pains for mortals.
He is the child of Coronis, gentle to men, a most revered deity.

Identify the genre of the following passage:

A jackdaw saw that the doves were well-fed, so she painted herself white and flew into the dove-cot. The doves thought at first that she was a dove like them, and let her in. But the jackdaw forgot herself and croaked in jackdaw fashion. Then the doves began to pick at her and drove her away. The jackdaw flew back to her friends but the jackdaws were frightened of her, seeing her white, and themselves drove her away.

Identify the literary device in the following sentence:

   They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water.

Identify the genre of the following passage:

In a field one summers day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its hearts content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have got plenty of
food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
   When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food, and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: "it is best to prepare for the days of necessity."

Which of the options correctly identifies the purpose of satire? 
Select the best option. 

Select the best option which best describes a literary work that criticizes the misconduct and vices of society by ridiculing follies and stupidities. 

Complete the sentence:
The primary purpose of a satire is ____________________ .
(Select the best option)