The main idea of the following passage from ''In Commemoration: One Million Volumes'' is C. The stories told by los viejitos inspired Anaya's love of words and book. Tone and writing style of this excerpt express an inspiration of someone, in this case - Anaya's admiring of words and book.
It wouldn't matter really, but A is good. If you don't have a dictionary at hand, then do your best to pronounce it.
B. That his body dissolves into the air and water.
Answer:
White as the gleam of a receding sail,
White as a cloud that floats and fades in air,
White as the whitest lily on a stream,
Explanation:
Hyperbole is simply the use of exaggeration for literary effect.
This is a powerful tool that writers often employ to show the extent of something or the effect of that thing on another thing or person.
Therefore, the author compares his memories to the gleam of a receding sail, a cloud and the whitest lily on a stream.
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