The correct answer should be <span>a. self-assertion.
She considers herself to finally be free now that her husband died. She feels that she has the right to be alone and do what she wants without being neglected.</span>
A journal entry is the correct answer
Just so you know...
A simile is comparing something with something else using 'like' or 'as' (for example - I swam in the sea like a fish or my room is like a tip).
A metaphor is a word or phrase that compares something with something else (for example - his heart is metal or my room is a tip). Hope this makes sense!
1. The road was as curvy as a snake - Simile
2. My mum told me that my room is like a pigsty - Simile
3. Mike is like a scared kitten as he enters the haunted house - Simile
Hope I helped!
He bravery, as evidence by the many animals he killed
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I believe they would consider the mood, tone, and <span>connotation</span>.