the author used it to clarify the meaning of a certain thing or character
The statement that best describes the major conflict in Amy Tan's "Two kinds" is D. It is a character vs. character conflict, as the mother wishes for an obedient daughter, while the daughter desires independence.
The narrator refuses to learn to play the piano, not because she doesn't' like it but because she is determined to show her mother she is no prodigy nor could become one, because she wants to be who she is and not what her mother tell her to be.
Answer:
1. My backpack weighs a ton. ------- hyperbole
2. The daisies danced in the rain ------- personification
3. Your eyes are like stars ------- simile
4. She is a monster ------- metaphor
Explanation:
1. <u>Hyperbole</u><u>:</u> Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
2. <u>Personi</u><u>fication</u><u>:</u> The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
3. <u>Simile</u><u>:</u> A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).
4. <u>Meta</u><u>phor</u><u>:</u> A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. ... A metaphor states that one thing is another thing. It equates those two things not because they actually are the same, but for the sake of comparison or symbolism.