Answer: a. simile
Explanation:
Since the sentence uses the word "as" to compare, and similes contain the words "like" or "as," the sentence is a simile.
Definitely not b or c; it feels most like a, in my opinion.
Choose the type of paragraph below.
W. Michael Blumenthal, a corporate CEO, talks about the mistakes he made in hiring:
"In choosing people for top positions, you have to make sure they have a clear sense of what is right and wrong, a willingness to be truthful, the courage to say what they think and to do what they think is right, even if the politics militate against that. This is the quality that should really be at the top. I was too often impressed by the intelligence and substantive knowledge of an individual and did not always pay enough attention to the question of how honest and courageous and good a person the individual really was."
<span>method of exposition:</span>
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Answer:
"The Nose" is divided into three parts and tells the story of Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov, who wakes up one morning without his nose. He later finds out that his nose has developed a life of its own, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of State Councillor. The short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued Russia after Peter the Great introduced the Table of Ranks. By allowing commoners to gain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a huge population was given the chance to move up in social status. This opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of Gogol's characters worked.
