Question

A Tale of Two Cities By Charles wingspanens A Tale of Two Cities chronicles the events leading up to and including the French Revolution. The narrative opens with the following memorable passage: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the

Answer 1

Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this…. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chickens of the wingspan-lane brood. France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of the shield and trident, rolled with exceeding smoothness down hill, making paper money and spending it…. It is likely enough that, rooted in the woods of France and Norway, there were growing trees, when that sufferer was put to death, already marked by the Woodman,

Answer 2

Fate, to come down and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history. It is likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts, bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted in by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution. But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.” Carefully reread the following sentence from the passage: “In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.” Based on this sentence and its context within the passage, what literary device is the author using to convey point of view?

Answer 3

A. understatement

B. hyperbole

C. irony

D. synecdoche

Answer 4

@Tlynn514

Answer 5

@heather_theginger

Answer 6

sorry its a frreakn story XD

Answer 7

@Phi

Answer 8

I'm reading it!!!lol xD

Answer 9

XD!!!!

Answer 10

This is the short version:

Carefully reread the following sentence from the passage:

“In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.”

Based on this sentence and its context within the passage, what literary device is the author using to convey point of view?

Answer 11

HAHA ! thnx!

Answer 12

so what do u thnk the answer is?

Answer 13

A. understatement B. hyperbole C. irony D. synecdoche

Answer 14

Irony or hyperbole?

Answer 15

im leanin towards those

Answer 16

I'll brb

Answer 17

I think it is hyperbole, not entirely sure though

Answer 18

kk i'll go with it

Answer 19

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Answer 20

ha...okay...

Answer 21

;)

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*_* starstruck by da medal of honor XD

Answer 23

lol :P You are funny!

Answer 24

u know it! XD

Answer 25

Hahaha!