Answer:
1. He looked solid like an oar, whereas Jesse...well, he was like water, thin and quick." Simile
2. "The first week of August was reasserting itself after a good night's sleep." Personification
3. "A dragonfly, a brilliant blue jewel, darted up and paused over the lily pads, then swung up and away." Metaphor
4. "Now, remembering the visits of the night before, she smiled-and found that she loved them, this most peculiar family." Not figurative language
5. "I wanted to, heaven knows. But Winnie, how'd it have been if I had?" Idiom
Explanation:
Figurative languages are words used in ways that do not portray their regular meaning in order to make sentences clearer and more meaningful to the reader.
- Simile is the direct comparison of objects that are completely different but have similarities. In the first sentence, the pronoun, "He" was directly compared to an oar.
- Personification is the assignment of the attributes of non-living things to living things. The month of August was presented as a person that could reassert itself and also have a good night rest.
- A metaphor is the indirect comparison of objects. In the third sentence, the dragonfly was indirectly compared to a brilliant blue jewel.
- An idiom is a word whose meaning cannot be deduced from its regular usage. The idiom "heaven knows," symbolizes the truthfulness of what the speaker was saying.
I say D , if you look up sagacious then it will tell you that it is good.
An analogy compares two things to show the similarities. We know how huge of an impact the printing press had during the Renaissance--all of a sudden it was much easier to get things printed, which made more people want to learn how to read. Before the printing press, only super rich people knew how to read because it was not important for lower classes to know--many things were spoken outloud as a way to give and get information. With the printing press, more people could get their hands on books or papers, which encouraged more people to learn how to read.
Computers have had a similar impact, which is why this is an analogy. Computers help more people get more information, because it is so much easier and faster to write things down, print them out, and send them. The same way the printing press helped information reach more people, computers do as much in this century to help more people get information faster and easier.
