Anne prays to get away. she imagines she's in other places.
A simile is when you compare one thing to another by using <em>like</em> or <em>as</em>. There's an <em>as</em> in the second one "as easily as sliding a knife...".
A metaphor is when you say something <em>is</em> something, not just like it. "[his] face became a white sheet".
An allusion is making a comparison to something the audience knows about, like comparing a rivalry to rock paper scissors (this particular one implies the speaker always wins).
<span>Mrs. Van Daan reacts this way because she is very materialistic but the fur coat is the only thing she has that connects her to her past. Her fur coat is the only thing that connects/reminds her of how great life used to be.</span>
The answer is: "prototype" .
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"<span>When forming a concept, people often develop a best example, or
<u> prototype </u> , of a category."
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Answer:
It means that, the son has reached the lowest point of his existence.
