Answer:
•The trees were her shield.
Explanation:
The rest of the sentences are <em>similes </em>because they use the words "like" or "as" to show comparison.
Answer:
dialogue is the correct answer have a pleasant day.
He used riddling to talk to Smaug I think because he wanted to stall and waste time as he figured out a plan. He also used riddles to talk to Golem who he clearly was trying to stall to save himself as Golem wanted to kill and eat Bilbo. So it is a reoccurring theme of Bilbo and it makes sense.
I'd say D because it says "if they ever should use it in earnest against each other, it will surely split." Government only has as much power as the people let it have