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I summarized each sentence into two sentences.
Volcanoes are extremely dangerous, even with the knowledge scientist have today. Volcanoes can throw out many harmful things, such as gases and ashes.
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Simile and metaphor are the most common types of figurative language
I believe that the correct answer is <span>a desire to retreat from society when necessary.
Thoreau greatly valued nature as the ultimate source of peace and happiness. He believed that humans cannot truly be happy in cities, surrounded by concrete and malice, but should rather escape to nature and lead fulfilled lives instead.
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C. please hand me the big, blue notebook.
I would go with D for the first one and B for the second one.