Because Mia Hamm has been a role model for girls since she established herself as one of the greatest female athletes of all time.
Answer:
<u>from the book: "The Lady, or the Tiger" by Frank R. Stockton</u>
Explanation:
The original paragraph in the book where we get this quote reads;
"When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day <em>the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, </em>for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism."
Answer:
hyperbole
Explanation:
a simile uses like or as to compare things
a metaphor uses no like or as but compares things
a hyperbole exaggerates
