In mindy’s creative writing class, she learned to use the words “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas. which figure of speech did mindy learn about?

The correct answer is Simile

Explanation:

In language, a figure of speech refers to the use of figurative or non-literal language to emphasize an idea, clarify it or create a more vivid or abstract concept, because of this, these are widely used in poetry and other forms of writing and speeches. Common figures of speech include alliteration, personification, apostrophe, anaphora, etc. In the case of comparison between two ideas, elements or concepts, especially between those that are unlike, there are two figures of speech that can be used, the Metaphor and the Simile. However, in the case of the simile, it is necessary to use comparison word such as "like" or "as" to establish the comparison, while in the Metaphor these words are not used. Therefore, if Mindy learned about a figure of speech that compares two unlike ideas and uses the words "like" or "as", she learned about Simile.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!