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“many of them looked like deer caught in headlights as they waited for the examiner to call their names.”
what type of figurative language is used in the sentence above?
a) onomatopoeia
b) simile
c) personification
d) metaphor

The correct answer is B)Simile.

Explanation: Simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another. It is different from metaphor because simile uses connecting words; like, as, so, than, etc.

"... as brave as a lion"

"I could eat like a horse."

B) Simile.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." In the given sentence we can see an example of a simile that compares the students waiting for the examiner to call their names to deer caught in headlights. So the correct answer is option B.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.

answer is: d.because he was such a marginal player but was on several super bowl-winning teams, it's possible that harper let success go to his head.

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