Simile: The birthday party ended and the unhappy child was still screaming like a banshee.
Metaphor: The birthday party ended, but the child was still a banshee.
4/10 pencils are red. I'm not sure what you mean by write two equivalent fractions but 4/10 and 8/20 as the equivalent amount of red pencils/total amount of pencil
C. Was
It says "my parents or my older sister". The last subject stated is "my older sister" which is singular. And the only choice that's singular is 'was'. So that should be the answer.
d. because a simile is comparing two things using the words like or as.
Answer: The answer is C. because making the topic more amusing would help in making the topic less uncomfortable. Hope this helps :)
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