Question

Read this poem: Who would be a turtle who could help it? A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet, she can ill afford the chances she must take in rowing toward the grasses that she eats. Her track is graceless, like dragging a packing-case places, and almost any slope defeats her modest hopes. Even being practical, she's often stuck up to the axle on her way to something edible. With everything optimal, she skirts the ditch which would convert her shell into a serving dish. She lives below luck-level, never imagining some lottery will change her load of pottery to wings. Her only levity is patience, the sport of truly chastened things. Kay Ryan, "Turtle"Which words from the poem are an example of a simile? A. she can ill afford the chances she must take B. the sport of truly chastened things C. Her track is graceless, like dragging / a packing-case places D. She lives / below luck-level

Answer 1

C. Her track is graceless, like dragging / a packing-case places 

A simile is a comparison using the words like or as

Answer 2

The answer is C) her track is graceless like dragging a packing -case places.