True, Measles is a viral infection that causes skin eruptions.
In late 1938, 125,000 applicants lined up outside US<span> consulates hoping to obtain 27,000 visas under the existing immigration quota. By June </span>1939<span> ... In a highly publicized event in May–June </span>1939<span>, the </span>United States refused<span> to admit over 900 Jewish </span>refugees<span> who </span>had<span> sailed from Hamburg, Germany, on the St. Louis.</span>
The first one. The commas are correctly placed. Sorry if this is wrong.
Answer: So today, my mother exclaimed, “Hailey! Go to your room!”
“I did nothing wrong! Just leave me alone!” I responded. She became furious and slapped me across the face.
Explanation: That’s how one grammars I think.
The figurative language is “like a ball”. It’s an simile since he’s comparing the fall to a rolling ball. Well he’s comparing the way he fell like an ball rolling down the stairs.