The woods are getting ready to sleep — they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed-time conferences and whisperings and good-nights. --from L. M. Montgomery The Green Gable Letters

How does this sentence use figurative speech?
Select one:

It uses a simile to compare the woods to a person.

It uses metaphor to draw a comparison between the woods and sleeping.

It uses literal language to paint a picture of the woods.

It uses personification to characterize the woods after the sun sets.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

How many syllables does a tanka have? a. 31 b. 17 c. 14 d. 10

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)