I think its an Idiom. I don't see like or as. So no simile. I don't see he is something like a marshmallow. - No metaphor. I also don't see a non-human thing doing human things- the grass was dancing in the wind. My answer would be an idiom.
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Explanation:i don't know sorry
For part a it’s b and also for part b it’s is b
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A. receive water from soil
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