Answer:
Our little boat was a feather in the wind as the massive tornado of a ferry passed by.
Explanation:
This is because a metaphor does not "liken" it to something else , it "is" it.
Answer:
A. he is glad that the student went on to take calculus , as this looks good on a transcript.
Okay, so people need to see the paragraph first then, based on context clues and her feelings she expresses in the paragraph, then conclude the answer.
It was because of the tension between american colonies and brittish colonies
Answer:
B. Oftentimes, our family travels to monuments and museums.
Explanation:
Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory words are placed in the same sentence. These contradictory or opposite ideas bring a literary effect and helps the writer present the ideas more exclusively.
The sentence in option (b) presents an example of an oxymoron. The words that present the opposite or contradicting ideas are 'often' and 'times'. The family here travels to monuments and museums 'oftentimes' that brings the meaning of 'often' and 'times'.