When trying to convey the thoughts and feelings of immigrant laborers in the early 20th century, it would be best to read a narrative type of passage, due to the story.
A simile is a figurative language that compares two unlike things using as or like
2.)doesn't start
3.)spent
4.)came
5.)works
6.)won't meet
7.)departs
8.) will answer
9.)lands\takes off
10.) will help
11.) will do
12.) when\arrives
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