Provided farmers and merchants an outlet to the gulf of Mexico.
Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
In figurative language, a simile is defined by comparing someone to something-- "As swift as a cheetah", "brave like a lion", or in this case, "steady as a rock".
Advertisements and commercials have historically often received criticism for placing too much emphasis on physical beauty and having a negative impact on people's conceptions of self. The complaints against advertisements have only grown in recent years because of the distortions that are used in advertisements to make people look better than they actually look in person. So there are many strong arguments of the impact that media and advertisements have had on societies conception of beauty today and historically.
