This a simile. This is because a simile uses like or as to compare two things. A metaphor doesn't use like or as, but it still compares things.
1. The answer to the riddle is a clock.
2. A lighted candle.
3. The answer is pretty easy and straightforward, it is the letter 'R'. Looking into the letter of MARCH and APRIL, R is the middlemost letter.
4. Footsteps
5. A secret
This is a qoute from Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Act 1. Scene 2. These lines are said by Duncan to Ross after the Thane of Cawdor has been caught and is waiting to be executed. The quote specifically refers to how Macbeth will be taking his place as the Thane of Cawdor. These lines show a prominent promotion for Macbeth as he begins his ascent.
I believe the answer is D. A topic sentence is the central idea of a paragraph, while a main idea is the central idea of an entire text.
° The answer is that goes in the blank is "Moaned" or you can even put "cried out" if you want.
° But the sentence itself is a'personification'
