A rope of water twisted and whirled from a brass faucet, filling the tub. I sat in the cold water up to my neck and discovered that I could slide down the back of the tub and hit the bottom with a great splash. When my water party was interrupted, both the bathroom and I got a scrubbing. —Barrio Boy, Ernesto Galarza What type of figurative language is the phrase “a rope of water”? a metaphor; it compares using “like” or “as” a simile; it compares using “like” or “as” a metaphor; it compares without using “like” or “as” a simile; it compares without using “like” or “as”

A metaphor it compares without using like or as

Explanation: cause it shows it doesn't use like or as and it is comparing 2 things so it is the answer

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.