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Which of the following contains an error in verb voice?

Had I known you would be upset, I would have postponed the trip.

If she was a more active person, she would feel better.

I had hoped we would be further along than this by now.

A prompt—executive Bird is the Jay

by Emily Dickinson

A prompt—executive Bird is the Jay—
Bold as a Bailiff's1 Hymn—
Brittle and Brief in quality—
Warrant2 in every line—

Sitting a Bough3 like a Brigadier4
Confident and straight—
Much is the mien5 of him in March
As a Magistrate6—

legal officer
legal action
branch of a tree
army officer (British)
appearance
judge

I Heard a Bird Sing

By Oliver Herford

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

Review the two poems. What literary device is used to describe the bird in "A prompt-executive Bird is the Jay" that is not used in "I Heard a Bird Sing"?

Allusion

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole


If I were better in math, I would have done better in chemistry class.

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Review the two poems. What literary device is used to describe the bird in "A prompt-executive Bird is the Jay" that is not used in "I Heard a Bird Sing"?

Allusion

Metaphor
User Shivas
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"If she was a more active person, she would feel better" this is the only option that uses the word "was" therefore that would be the error.

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