C. to gain understanding D. slowly to look for clues to the message.
Subject: going to the Movies
Predicate: Let's go
Answer: today, somewhat, and about
Explanation:
I ate a salad with onions earlier <u>today</u>, so I am <u>somewhat </u>self-conscious <u>about </u>having smelly breath.
Figurative language is mostly used to leave a long lasting impression of something. Writers create images using figurative language so as to have us analyze and observe them in more detail. All of this is especially true of poets and poems who use metaphors, personification, and other narrative devices, so as to convey meaning almost all the time.
