Read the sentence.

lori is as strong as an ox, so i'm sure it will be no problem for her to you bring those boxes up to the third floor.

what type of figurative language is the phrase "as strong as an ox"?

simile
metaphor
personification
oxymoron

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. why does the author use the words "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a to show that the grass is still alive and growing b to indicate that the mud is all over everything c to signify how wet the night has become d to point out that the toads are living things

Fill in the blanks mommy told the kids, who promised they up their rooms by lunch, that they would go to the park. a would cleanb cleanedc have cleaned

Question 9 (5 points) dother, the evil, hated everything. dian, the violent, was a walking nightmare, leaving a bevy of victims wherever he traveled. what does the underlined word mean in the above quote from the legend of carman? a)a small number b)very few c)a minuscule amount d)a large number