In another figure of speech, the metaphor, the writer suggests a comparison without using like or as. Examples: a torrent of wor
ds (compares the speech to a swift river); spectators flocked in (crowd is compared to a flock of sheep) In the expression "He blockaded me with his chair," what are Wheeler's movements being compared with?
To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply the sum of the bases (the parallel sides) by the height (the perpendicular distance between the bases), and then divide by 2.