It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
Explanation:
A simile is a method for comparison of a thing with something different. It creates a realistic feeling to the situation, imagined or visualized distinctively.
Let us read the sentence from the story, as mentioned by the author.
"I pulled the heavy double doors open; the hinges squeaked like a platoon of lost ghosts."
The squeaky sound of the hinges because the door had not been used for a long time. The narrator is unfamiliar with what lies behind the door.
The hinges, compared to a platoon of lost ghosts, give a scary feeling to the sentence.
Hence, the answer is the second answer choice -
It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
The details that are used by the author to support the central idea about how her mother felt about the dictator include "doubly revolted", “obsession" and "cautionary tales”.
<h3>What is a dictator?</h3>
A dictator is someone who has power in a country and behaves as he wants. Such a person doesn't listen to the advice of others.
The mother disliked the dictator and this made the author use words like doubly revolted", “obsession" and "cautionary tales".
In conclusion, the correct options are A, B and E.
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Answer:
"But he'd said, ‘I'll call you.' That's what he said—‘I'll call you.'"
Explanation:
<em>Sixteen </em>is a short story written by Maureen Daly, an Irish-born American writer best known for the works she wrote while she was still in her teens. <em>Sixteen </em>is one of these works. She wrote it when she was sixteen years old.
The story tells about a girl who meets a boy at the skating rink and begins to like him. The line <em>But he'd said, ‘I'll call you.' That's what he said—‘I'll call you.' </em>follows their separation. The narrator hopes the boy will call her and convinces herself that he will do so. However, soon we find out that the boy didn't call. This is how the story ends.
A. Because negligently come from neglect meaning to not give enough attention to.