Question

someone help me plz

Answer 1

It was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last tap, tried all the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz rod, and sat myself in the saddle. . . . I took the starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the second. I seemed to reel; I felt a nightmare sensation of falling; and, looking round, I saw the laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? For a moment I suspected that my intellect had tricked me. Then I noted the clock. A moment before, as it seemed, it had stood at a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half-past three!

"It was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all Time Machines began its career." This first sentence of the passage contains an example of _____.
personification
exaggeration
simile
symbolism<--- my answer

Answer 2

"A symbol is an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, visual image, belief, action, or material entity" what in that sentence is being used as a symbol?

Answer 3

the clock

Answer 4

umm... there is no clock in that sentence. It says what time it is in the sentence : "ten o'clock"

Answer 5

ok

Answer 6

in other words, your choice of symbolism is incorrect.

Answer 7

okay i re-read it b

Answer 8

wait

Answer 9

what is being exaggerated?
think of it the way: a _____ can hold a job.

Answer 10

wait its not b

Answer 11

yup it isn't B

Answer 12

A what can hold a job?

Answer 13

A person can hold a job. (in other words a person is able to have a career not a machine.) what does that tell you about the literary technique being used?

Answer 14

personification

Answer 15

yes! personification is: the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. "