Answer:
Her children never coem to visit her.
Mary Farquhar is the wife that flirts with her husband.
The effect of the simile in this passage makes the passage more interesting and gives it that extra "boost" to help the reader understand what is going on.
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Examples of metaphors from the Polar Express:
1.The train wrapped in a apron of steam, 2.Lights appeared in the distance. They looked like the lights of an ocean liner sailing on a frozen sea.
3. crossed a barren desert of ice.
Examples of similes from the Polar Express:
1. candies with nougat centers as white as snow.
2. hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars.
3. rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster.
