verb
Explanation:
fast explains the doing or action being done
The correct answer is option 2: The narration describes the main character's thoughts.
This question comes from the book <em>"The Cruisers"</em> written by Walter Dean Myers and published in 2010.
Throughout the story, the main character, Zander, expresses his thoughts as shown in the following quote from chapter 1: "<em>I wasn’t worried about Da Vinci being fourth, or even about being suspended. I was worried about being dropped from the school altogether</em>".
D
the error is a run-on sentence. A is ok, but not really. B is still a run-on. C has a unnecessary comma.
This is from Frankenstein
Explanation:
- The novel is about a series of letters from the explorer Robert Walton to his sister Margaret. It is about his dangerous voyage to the North Pole. In his first letter he tells her about the preparations that were made for their journey.
- In the following letters he tells her that he was isolated and had no one to share his dreams. But informs her that he is confident that he will achieve his dreams.
- He explains how the ship is stuck between two sheets of ice. They find a stranger who is weak and had starved for days. He refuses to board their ship. Walton and the stranger eventually become friends.
Answer:
1. The trees hovered over the hiking trails like <em><u>an umbrella</u></em>.
2. The lightning flashed like <u><em>Zeus' thunderbolt</em></u>.
3. His heart was as cold as <em><u>stone</u></em>.
4. The car was as fast as <em><u>the Flash</u></em>.
5. The ocean was as blue as <u><em>a clear sky</em></u>.
Explanation:
Similes are literary techniques used to make comparisons between similar things though there is no relation between the two. They are the same as metaphors except that similes use "like" and "as" in each comparison.
The given incomplete sentences are filled with similes as follows-
1. The trees hovered over the hiking trails like <em><u>an umbrella</u></em>.
2. The lightning flashed like <u><em>Zeus' thunderbolt</em></u>.
3. His heart was as cold as <em><u>stone</u></em>.
4. The car was as fast as <em><u>the Flash</u></em>.
5. The ocean was as blue as <u><em>a clear sky</em></u>.