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.
since a simile is where you compare 2 things i imagine the similie would be somwhere were he is talking about the maple tree. "before your could say jack robbison they have gone and grown alot bigger than you ever thought they could"
i had some trouble looking for it and thats all that makes sense for the similie i belive.
Its the first option. sorry i couldn't write it, it took me to the next question
B- you choose your topic on based purpose. If you purpose is to educate your topic would be different then if you
want to entertain your audience.
The participle phrase in the above sentence is 'Enjoying her new flute.'
<em>The participle phrase</em> starts either with the present (dependably ending with -ing) or past (dependably ending with -ed)
The participle phrase includes the modifiers or objects to complete the thought of the sentence. For instance, in the above sentence 'enjoying' is in present and modifies the word 'new flute'. Therefore, the participle phrase acts as an adjective always, providing a description of the sentence,