Answer:
The answer is: It establishes the credibility of the author.
Explanation:
This is an excerpt from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir. John Muir, America's pioneer conservationist and father of the national park system. This passage demonstrates his knowledge of the area as well as his familiarity with the various tree species which inhabit it.
Answer:
Obsolete
Explanation:
I took a quiz on it and that was the right answer
Just so you know...
A simile is comparing something with something else using 'like' or 'as' (for example - I swam in the sea like a fish or my room is like a tip).
A metaphor is a word or phrase that compares something with something else (for example - his heart is metal or my room is a tip). Hope this makes sense!
1. The road was as curvy as a snake - Simile
2. My mum told me that my room is like a pigsty - Simile
3. Mike is like a scared kitten as he enters the haunted house - Simile
Hope I helped!