D)He stops trying to explain the situation to the soldiers.
Extra words in a sentence that add detail and are set off by commas are called nonessential elements. This is because they are not essential to the sentence and story, they are simply an added bonus, without them the sentence still makes sense.
Answer:
A. neutral
Explanation:
neutral = bland, having no strongly marked or positive characteristics or features
It is a statement; not angry or sad etc
Answer:
How strongly two things are being compared
Explanation:
Both simile and metaphor are figures of speech used to compare two different, unrelated, things that share some kind of quality. However, there is a difference. The simile uses words <em>like </em>and <em>as</em>, while the metaphor omits them, stating that something is something else. This is why we can say that the metaphor is a stronger type of comparison.