1. Which of the following sentences from the text contains an example of a metaphor?

A. He looked like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of their toes.

B. Momma's horrible snake-woman voice came out again and said "If you ever, ever ... "

C. Byron's hand was shaking and he was crying like a big baby but his finger still stayed out.

D. Right when the fire was going to give him a good roasting Joetta ran across the room and, sounding like that Little Engine That Thought It Could, she blew the match out before it got him!

I think its A? Maybe D?

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Arts

Pitts

13 March, 13:28

1. Which of the following sentences from the text contains an example of a metaphor?

A. He looked like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of their toes.

B. Momma's horrible snake-woman voice came out again and said "If you ever, ever ... "

C. Byron's hand was shaking and he was crying like a big baby but his finger still stayed out.

D. Right when the fire was going to give him a good roasting Joetta ran across the room and, sounding like that Little Engine That Thought It Could, she blew the match out before it got him!

I think its A? Maybe D?

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Tanya · Answer 1

A Is the answer to the question

Chico · Answer 2

A, C, and D are all not the answer because they include similes, a form of figurative language that uses "like." The second one, B, is the only one that uses a metaphor. "Momma's snake-woman voice" instead of "Momma's voice like a snake-woman"