FReady Identity
1) What does “This situation" refer to? Choose the phrase that
completes the idea in the underlined sentence. Tap here for a
hint about replaced words and ideas.
Setting the seedlings aside, the woman smiled and said,
"I'll take your application! Actually, I'm Ms. Watson, the owner,
and I have some time for an interview right now. So, can you
tell me why you would be a good fit here?"
This situation was not something I had prepared for.
was not something I had prepared for.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.