The answer is C. King Leopold died in 1909 and had the Congo free state for 23 years
Descriptive paragraph:
Snow rests upon the park bench as if it were a feather cushion, soft and warm. It covers the rich, deep wood in perfect white. The snow is a gift-wrap only spring will open, revealing the engrained beauty that lives safely below, protected these long winter months. As the sun rises each morning, bestowing brilliance, igniting colours to vibrant hues - man dreams below of planting seeds, of the bounty of the gardens to come.
Answer:
8.) Simile.
9.) Onomatopoeia.
10.) Personification.
11.) Alliteration.
12.) Hyperbole.
13.) Metaphor.
14.) Idiom.
15.) Onomatopoeia.
Explanation:
8.) Uses "Like" when comparing the rain to the sun.
9.) Uses a 'sound' word, Buzz.
10.) Sunflowers don't have heads like humans, so they can't nod.
11.) 'CH' is the first sound of each word.
12.) Exaggeration.
13.) Comparing your life to a dream, without using 'like' or 'as'.
14.) Meaning something different than what is actually being sad.
15.) Uses 'sound' words, "clatter" and "clang".
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