Read the excerpt from "to build a fire." there was nobody to talk to and, had there been, speech would have been impossible because of the ice muzzle on his mouth. which statement best interprets the phrase ice muzzle on his mouth?

a)it's a metaphor that shows how alone the man is.

b) it's imagery, showing how frozen over the man's mouth has become.

c) it's a simile that explains why the man is unable to speak.

d) it's a metaphor that shows that the man has nothing worthwhile to say.

Which of the following statements most closely reflects the author's description of the action taken by the united states supreme court in cases brought before them having to do with the japanese internment? a. "three years almost to the day, the supreme court decided that imprisoning japanese-americans was unconstitutional. " b. "the supreme court decided in favor of the japanese-americans in the very first case brought before them." c. "fred korematsu had plastic surgery and changed his name to avoid internment, making it the deciding case in the issue." d. "in april 1942 mitsue endo lost his habeus corpus case, thus postponing the supreme court's negative decision."

The book the sweet-hereafter; in section four, which of the following is the extended metaphor for nichole's mental state. a) the room her father built her from the sun-room b) the wheel chair she sits in c)the computer from mr. stephens d) the teddy bear from her childhood

Determining sentence type match each sentence with its type. i looked over my shoulder, because ! had an eerie feeling simple the child ran to greet the dog, and the teddy bear fell to the ground. compound-complex the leaf broke loose from the gnarled branch complex while the moon was full, the wolves howled and the dogs slept. compound