Read the passage. then, answer the questions about the metaphor in boldface in the text. lately, i've been so overwhelmed with school and sports. there was a time when i enjoyed going to classes and going to practice every afternoon. now, everything is piling up and wearing me down. , i get to see you every day. you are truly the sunshine of my life. you for making me laugh when i'm feeling down. what is the context of the passage? what is being compared in the metaphor? what is the meaning of the metaphor?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.