"It had a perfectly round door like a porthole" (page 15)
"They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening" (page 5)
"Because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads" (page 2)
"My armor is like tenfold shields..." (page 226)
Answer:
Something important is going to happen.
Explanation:
"As if" implies that it is not like any other day. This statement builds suspense by telling the reader that something important and out of the ordinary is going to happen.
Based on the ideals of Ancient Greece and Rome, the Classical period stressed the importance of symmetry and form
The vES ending should be added to nouns that end in -f or -fe in their singular form. In that case, the -f or -fe is removed and -ves is added as a plural ending. Examples include: life - lives, wife - wives, knife - knives, wolf - wolves, leaf - leaves. But there are also exceptions, such as belief - beliefs, cliff - cliffs, roof - roofs.
