I would probably say that the author used diction to achieve some kind of effect in the first sentence.
A. The teacher stood at the door smiling brightly and welcoming each student to her classroom on the first day of school.
The author's diction, or word choice, in this sentence portrays the teacher as a nice, kind, caring person.
Answer:
I think it is a slant rhyme
Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
It compared two things using like or as
Answer: From the outset we know that this is a child speaking to the father about the smell of alcohol (whiskey, your breath). If life is a dance then this child is having a tough time because the dance was not easy - note the lack of a contraction which makes the line more formal.
Romped implies a sense of fun but lacking control because things fall from the shelf as a result of the dance and mother isn't well pleased. The use of the word countenance and unfrown is unusual. The former refers to the mother's facial expression, the latter isn't a proper word.
The words battered and scraped, beat and hard suggest the father's rough handling of the boy but these are neutralised almost by the use of waltzed, which implies some sort of carefree innocence.
Don't know if this helps, but hopefully you gained something from this!
Answer: B) to help the reader visualize Mrs. Sommers setting herself apart from the more crowded bargain area of the store.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "A Pair of Silk Stockings" we can see the description of how Mrs. Sommers sat before a counter, to rest and gain strength and courage to confront the multitude again. The author uses the expression "comparatively deserted" to describe the counter where Mrs. Sommers sits to help the reader visualize Mrs. Sommers setting herself apart from the more crowded bargain area of the store, the counter where she seats is empty, compared to the rest of the store.