The correct answer to the question that is being presented above would be letter B. The phrase 't<span>he beauty of nature, a delicious treat' is the phrase from the paragraph that is an example of a metaphor because it is comparison between each other.</span>
Answer: Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes.
Explanation: This is pretty much the only answer that has detail about the surroundings or at least sets the tone for where the characters are.
B. therefore would fit the sentence best:
therefore a substitute was called in to finish the day.
I would go with the last sentence.
The question is whether those phrases are speaking of the same person :
<span>A. her friend and former room-mate
- this is the same person, if it was two people, it'd be "and her"
B. </span><span>the winner and still champion
-again, the same person, requires singular verb
C.</span><span>The chief and foremost expert
-again, the same person: requires a singular verb and actually has a singular verb, correct answer!
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