Answer:
1. Allusion – c
2. Simile – a
3. Metaphor – b
Explanation:
a. I defeated my opponent as easily as sliding a knife through butter...
<em>A simile is a comparison using either of the terms "like" or "as".</em>
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b. My opponent's face became a white sheet when he saw me arrive...
<em>A metaphor is a comparison without using the terms "like" and "as".</em>
c. He was the rock to my paper, the paper to my scissors
<em>Alluding to the game of rock, paper, and scissors.</em>
Answer: She seemed as if she was a shy/scared person to everyone else but once in the arena, she knew how to survive and outsmarted everyone else.
Explanation:
Answer: The sentence that has a misplaced modifier is A. Excited for a bone, Erika told the dog to sit.
Explanation: A misplaced modifier is a modifier that has been incorrectly separated from the word or phrase that it is modifying. In that way, when it is present in a sentence, a misplaced modifier ends up modifying another word or phrase and making the sentence illogical. For instance,<u> in sentence A., "Excited for a bone" is a misplaced modifier since it is incorrectly modifying the noun "Erika"</u>.<u> "Excited for a bone" should actually be modifying the noun phrase "the dog"</u>; otherwise, the sentence does not make sense.
to Lady Chudleigh, what is the difference between a wife and a servant? They differ from each other only in name.
I heard that Absalom was trying to burgle a man's house and he accidentally shot Arthur Jarvis in the process. He also commits some other crimes that appalls his father.
