1. "The trees' leaves waved in the wind" This is personification, the translation would be that the leaves are simply swaying as the wind is moving across.
2. "The girl giggled evilly like hyenas stalking their prey" This is a simile, it uses "as" or "like".
3. "He was basically a roadrunner in the race!" Metaphor is like a simile, but it doesn't use "as" or "like".
The correct answer is C. Because it is one of the few words a raven can say. The speaker, a man who grieves for his deceased love, Lenore, has been visited by a talking bird who only know one word: Nevermore. He was so depressed of having lost his love that he allows his imagination to transform the bird into a prophet bringing news that the lovers will "Nevermore" be together.
Answer: No, his experiment is not designed correctly.
Explanation: He didn't use the same measurements in each experiment. He should've either buried them all in the yard, or she should've kept them all in pots. Not having them in the same environment could affect the results of his experiment, thus making it inaccurate.