<span>Lord Asriel has some admirable qualities, to be sure: he's a cunning, highly intelligent man of politics. But he's also power-hungry in his quest to rid the universe of Dust.</span>
A. <span>Simile, you can tell it's not a metaphor because the word like is used and the other choices are the wrong type of </span><span>figurative language</span><span>.</span>
The author is portraying the character in such a way that, h<span>is confidence is transformed by the crowd’s response.
The moment that hew as preparing to perform, Scotty was already on top of his game ready to slay the stage and the crowd who is overly excited or eager to see him live and in action.</span>
Answer:
It is a type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two unlike things.
Explanation: i took a quiz with this question and got it right :D
<span>C. At the age of 65, Hilda Ramirez competed in a triathlon and won the world championship for her age group.</span>