In paragraph 2 the phrase lava and boiling water we're just dying to get out is an example of what kind of figurative language
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. alliteration
d. idiom

No one should just throw out plastic bottles or aluminum cans; he should recycle them. which of these is the most appropriate transitional word or phrase to add to this sentence? a) consequently b) finally c) instead d) thus