Procrastination is the theme."May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the Grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing,"
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Answer:
The trees are as tall as their mother.
Explanation:
A figures of speech is also referred to as figurative language and it can be defined as a deliberate and specific construction or use of language by writers, authors or speakers to create a special effect in their speech or literary work (write-ups).
In English literature, the main purpose of the figures of speech (figurative language) is to convey more information and enable the readers or listeners have a deeper understanding of a literary work. Some examples of the figures of speech (figurative language) used in literature are simile, paradox, metaphor, apostrophe, hyperbole, personification, etc.
Simile is a figurative language used for the comparison of two things by using the word; as or like. Thus, a simile compares two things, places, or people using these two (2) words; as or like.
Hence, a simile for the tall trees are her children could be written as; "The trees are as tall as their mother."
