Answer:
I think it's similes.
Explanation:
You can immediately cancel out allusions (reference to well-known person, place, or event outside the story) and hyperbole (an exaggeration, not to be entirely believed) leaving simile and metaphor. Because the word "like" shows up twice at the beginning and end- the roof came down steep and black <em>like a cowl</em>, their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it <em>like </em>a pall- we can assume the answer is simile. Hope this helps!
Some synonyms for requirement are DEMAND/condition//need and must, something that u MUST do or NEED to do. <span />
It could tell them data of how many days the student was absent or how many days the student was present.
I believe it's in iambic pentameter and doesn't rhyme
