The teacher went around the room asking each student to say his or her name and their favorite game I started to feel very nervous. Finally it was my turn. I opened my mouth to speak but my mouths was a sandy desert.

What two things does the metaphor compare?

What does it mean?

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Monica Bray

25 March, 22:22

The teacher went around the room asking each student to say his or her name and their favorite game I started to feel very nervous. Finally it was my turn. I opened my mouth to speak but my mouths was a sandy desert.

What two things does the metaphor compare?

What does it mean?

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Lukas Lee · Answer 1

This metaphor compares their mouth to a desert. This means that either his mouth was too dry to say anything, or that no words would come out of his mouth just as their is not much in a sandy desert.

The teacher went around the room asking each student to say his or her name and their favorite game I started to feel very nervous. Finally it was my turn. I opened my mouth to speak but my mouths was a sandy desert.What two things does the metaphor compare?What does it mean?

The teacher went around the room asking each student to say his or her name and their favorite game I started to feel very nervous. Finally it was my turn. I opened my mouth to speak but my mouths was a sandy desert.

What two things does the metaphor compare?

What does it mean?