Metaphors. The classroom was a zoo.
The alligator's teeth are white daggers.
She is a peacock.
My teacher is a dragon.
Mary's eyes were fireflies.
The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
He is a night owl.
Maria is a chicken.
The wind was a howling wolf.
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Jamal was a pig at dinner.
The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
My dad is a road hog.
The stormy ocean was a raging bull.
The thunder was a mighty lion.
to remind the people of the American Indians suffering that they endured on the trail of tears
The rhyme scheme is AABB. The corresponding rhyming lines are directly next to each other.
<span>The correct answer is A. The river is constantly changing. The author describes the Mississippi as fickle because it is not constant - you can never know when it is going to change, and whether that change will be for the better or for the worse. The word fickle means changeable, volatile, irregular. </span>
