"The Radley Place fascinated Dill. In spite of our warnings and explanations, it drew him as the moon draws water, but drew him no nearer than the light-pole on the corner, a safe distance from the Radley gate." Chapter 1, page 10.
The simile is "as the moon draws water." A simile is a type of figurative language, a comparison that uses "like" or "as."
Answer:
The answer is to be found in the last sentence.
Explanation:
First the narrator describes a pleasant journey on a ship and then uses the sentence where she ( I imagine a woman, I don´t know why) talks about sleeping on the ship to express the most important thing about this journey: it brings her (or him) closer to America every minute. As a traveller myself (but not a tourist) I can understand very well the importance of travelling and enjoying yourself while shortening the distance to your goal.
The reason why I don´t like tourism is because travel is converted into mere displacement.
Answer:
It gives a short history of previous poets laureate and their work.
Explanation:
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Answer:
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all a quiver with the new spring life.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
Explanation:
These lines speak of hope and being positive. new spring life, blue sky showing through the clouds- sense of encouragement