Answer:
Personification.
Explanation:
Personification is when something <u>nonhuman</u> is given <u>human characteristics</u>. In this case, a <em>cold wind </em>being able to <em>rush up a staircase</em> is an example of personification.
Answer:
I believe that this expression would be classified as hyperbole.
Explanation:
It is a hyperbole because it's a stretch from the truth, they (being "we") didn't actually walk a hundred miles.
The dark cloud was like a stain of darkness over the wide-open plain.
(Is that too advanced?)
There was a red stain on the boy's shirt as he stood in the grassy plain.
(That's a bit simpler.)
The essential appositive in the sentence "astronomer maia mitchell discovered a comet in 1847 and went on to become the first professional female astronomer in the united states," is Maia Mitchel. The last option is correct.
An appositive consists on a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words.
In this particular case, the words Maia Mitchell which is a proper noun is renaming the noun astronomer, which is right before it and constitutes the subject of the sentence.
