A- try to find the key points in your discussion made by group
Answer:
Metaphors: His voice was a cannon shot in the silence. Dad is as strong as an ox. She sings like a bird .
Similes: My brother is a couch potato these days. My best friend holds me up like a rock .
Explanation:
Both the metaphor and the simile are figures of speech that promote subjective comparisons between two elements in the same sentence, however these comparisons have different relationships. The comparisons formed by the metaphor, relate two terms that have something in common, where one "lends" its meaning to the other term. The simile, however, makes comparisons between two terms that have nothing in common, but that can present a new meaning to this relationship between them.
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Oats’ story, where are you going, where have you been? written in 1966, was inspired by the story of a serial-killer named Charles Schmid whose story was featured on Life Magazine.
The story shows the 1960s American era when the morale and social convictions were being challenged. At that time, feminism and sexual freedom was still a Conflicting topic in America.
The villain character in the story is a serial killer who hunts adolescent girls. In the story, a female character at her adolescent age suffers for having sexual feelings for boys.
Answer:
having a damaged reputation
Explanation:
discredited means to lose your respectability.
Using context clues, why would the witness have left the courtroom in humiliation? It can't be because they have good judgment or that they were honorable. That leaves "sorrowful" and "having a damaged reputation." Having a damaged reputation is more tied to humiliation, but if you didn't pick up on that, credited means of respect and the opposite most closely means having a damaged rep.
A simile is a literary device; similar to a metaphor.
