Answer and Explanation:
Helen's hands shook when she answered the phone. Even though she had been waiting for that call all week, she was not ready. What-if’s filled her mind uselessly. What if they said she had failed? What if they had found a better candidate for the position? What if she had not failed? What if she got the job and had to move away from everything she knew? She answered, trying to somehow disguise her trembling voice. The woman on the other side of the line sounded cheerful. It was good news; Helen got the job. She thanked the woman, once, twice. Yes, she could start in two weeks. Once she hung up, reality came rushing back. Time to tell her friends and family.
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Is this guy serious or is it a joke?
Answer:
- The lake was as warm as a Jacuzzi
- We moved along the lake like a sloth
- the stars glitter like Christmas lights.
Explanation:
<u>The simile is the figure of speech that compares one thing to another in order to add up to the imagination of the description and make it more vivid.</u> It highlights the certain characteristics of one thing to another using the words “<u>as</u>” and “<u>like</u>”
The parts of the passage that use the simile are:
- <u>The lake was as warm as a Jacuzzi</u> – the author tries to underline the <u>warmth </u>of the water with this analogy by comparing it to the experience in the spa.
- <u>We moved along the lake like a sloth </u>– with this simile, the author is describing the way they moved in the both, underling that they were <u>very slow</u>.
- <u>the stars glitter like Christmas lights</u>. - author compares the stars to Christmas lines to put the accent on their <u>brightness and shiness.</u>
