Which word in bold presents a denotation? a. they drove up to their cottage in the mountains to get away for the weekend. b. they raced up to their cottage in the mountains to get away for the weekend.

A.They drove up to their cottage in the mountains to get away for the weekend.

Explanation:

Denotation, also referred to as denotative meaning and literal sense, is the use of words in their own sense, common, habitual, precise. The denotative language is basically informative, that is, it does not produce emotion to the reader. Based on this, we can conclude that the word "drove" is the one that presents a denotation because that word provides a literal sense of what the subject of the sentence did or was doing.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.

in the section of speech is not