Answer:
The author use a simile to describe the squeaky hinges in this sentence from the story because Option D: The comparison adds an air of mystery and eeriness to the tone of the story.
Explanation:
Simile is a figure of speech which compares two things using words 'like' or 'as'. In the given line the author uses the simile 'like a platoon of lost ghosts'.
Platoon is a small group of soldiers. He describes the squeaking of hinges like a platoon of lost ghosts. It makes the story mysterious and tone oft he story gets more eeriness, Option D.
He is not making the plot believable as per Option A. Also, as mentioned in Option B, he is not comparing hinges to something unfamiliar as we know what ghosts are. It doesn't give Sophie a chance to say something to his father, as per Option C.
<span>relevant information about the global production of coffee...
a) </span><span>an encyclopedia entry
b) </span><span>official records of coffee production
c) </span><span>a research study on the different types of coffee</span>
Answer:
I would think it would be the first one :)
"The natural predators and prey of arachnids in tropical ecosystems"
Explanation:
Because it's the only one that simply says 'arachnids' and not 'brown widow spiders', and instead of specifically saying 'Natural predators' it says 'natural predators and prey'
Good luck on your test! :)
Answer:
Pretty sure its New expiriences can cause a new sense of wonder or something
Explanation:
This is obiously a new expirience to this main character, and you can see that the text says that they "gaze with enthusiastic admiration."
also are you at ths?
Answer:
noun: man, tree, son
pronoun: his
verb: was sitting, waiting, to arrive
adverb: patiently
preposition: under,for
