I believe that the answer to this question is:
Sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloinOr lambs, which haply some unheeding swainHath left to roam at large the mountains wild
This is because a simile uses the words like or as.
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Answer:
The third answer
Explanation: (I think it's the third answer mainly because in the excerpt it says "...Somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me." After this quote, she began to spell out water, and I think this puts emphasis on her discovery of language.
The right answer is alternative four.
In the excerpt from "A Relay Race to Remember," the expression "he was gliding through the water like a dolphin" injects surprise into the story by making a comparison between that conveys how well Sean performs in he race. The phrase describes that Sean swims as well as a dolphin, meaning that he executes brilliantly at the race.
The rest of the options are not correct because the remark does not develop Malik's character or depicts how he swims, and it is not the end of the story.
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