Question

Which of these lines is an example of simile?

She spoke to the tree, admonishing its impudent, craggy boughs.

She was transformed into a reptile—one of particularly repulsive appearance.

Her eyes darted between the two of us like sparrows between trees.

Her skin was coffee, hot and dark, and she moved in my thoughts.
i think its d .-.

Answer 1

@LaceyLeanne

Answer 2

It is D, I simile compares something to something...

Answer 3

I think this one is either c or b .-.

Which of these sentences contains an oxymoron?

Mr. Keynes was a workaholic who found vacations to be about as relaxing as six rounds wrestling with an alligator.

Despite his desire to travel during his week off, Mr. Keynes was unable to think of any vacation spot as suitable as his own living room.

The island landscape seemed to come alive before Mr. Keynes' very eyes, flora and fauna swimming through his vision in every direction.

Although he didn't want to, Mr. Keynes took his laptop along with his bathing suit and other holiday clothes because this was a working vacation.

Answer 4

Actually...I think its B....

Answer 5

DEF- a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Answer 6

can you help me in one more please?

Answer 7

sure...

Answer 8

I think its b

Read these sentences and answer the question that follow.

The girl spent the day at the beach.
The girl forgot to bring sunscreen.
The girl was badly sunburned.
The girl could not go to the beach the next day.

Which of these best combines the ideas in the group of sentences above to make an interesting sentence?

Even though she did not put on sunscreen, the girl spent the whole day at the beach and could not go back the next day.

The girl could not spend the whole day at the beach because, without sunscreen, she was badly sunburned the next day.

The girl was badly sunburned after spending the day at the beach without sunscreen, so she could not go back to the beach the next day.

The next day at the beach, the girl was badly sunburned because she forgot to put on sunscreen

Answer 9

I believe its C....

Answer 10

Her eyes darted between the two of us like sparrows between trees.

This is a simile - compares two things, with the word LIKE. Some of the others are metaphors.

Answer 11

thanks lacey<3

Answer 12

Her skin was coffee, hot and dark, and she moved in my thoughts.

that's a metaphor

Answer 13

her skin was coffee... as opposed to her skin was LIKE coffee