Thoreau included the following sentence in walden:

"there is some of the same fitness in a man's building his own house that there is in a bird's building its own nest."

which of the following statements rephrases his literal comparison as a metaphor?

a man building his house is like a bird building his nest.
a man's house is his nest.
every bird is an architect and builder of a nest.
between a human house and an avian nest, there is absolutely no difference in architectural skill.

Occurrences of major earthquakes are considered unusual, but minor tremors happen frequently. which word is an adjective?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Drag the correct answer into the box to complete the sentence. i wore a new pair of shoes for a long walk