Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of the excerpt from things fall apart and answer the question. he grew rapidly like a yam tendril in the rainy season, and was full of the sap of life. what does this simile suggest about ikemefuna? ikemefuna chooses trees with pliable branches to make strong bows for okonkwo. ikemefuna thrives knowing he is part of the household of such an influential man in the village. ikemefuna is a suitable match for the family into which he has been adopted. ikemefuna is responding favorably to his mentor and wishes to become like okonkwo.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.