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OpenStudy (anonymous):

will give meddle Mr. Shiftlet was so shocked that for about a hundred feet he drove along slowly with the door stiff open. A cloud, the exact color of the boy’s hat and shaped like a turnip, had descended over the sun, and another, worse looking, crouched behind the car. Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him. He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast. “Oh Lord!” he prayed. “Break forth and wash the slime from this earth!” The turnip continued slowly to descend. After a few minutes there was a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantast

OpenStudy (mysticfury):

is there a question here?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which is a metaphor? The turnip continued slowly to descend. like tin-can drops, crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiflet’s car felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast.

OpenStudy (mysticfury):

Metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. In other words, a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics.

OpenStudy (mysticfury):

A and D do not compare anything , what do you think it is @darkangelvamp

OpenStudy (anonymous):

c

OpenStudy (mysticfury):

umm well , i would say B, C dosent really seem to be comparing anything. the reason i think B is because it says "like tin-can drops" usually the word like means a comparison

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