A) It represents the kindness and decency of the speaker's father, which the speaker admires.
it is a phrase becuase a phrase is a group of words that may contain either a subject or a verb but not both and the sentence "swimming laps at the pool" only contians a subject becuase, who is swimming laps at the pool?
<span>it is in the large intestine i hope this helps you</span>
"like" or "as" indicate a simile.
I would say that the answer is: "I swear she cast a shadow white as stone."
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