"should students be paid for having good grades? "
pleas tell why

If you're asking for a personal opinion, I see why not.  Being paid for having good grades is almost identical to having a job.  Good performance results in being paid, while bad performance results in nothing.  In a way, students are paid for good grades already if you take into account the fact that one can earn a scholarship from having perfect performance.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

the third paragraph is the the soltion or ending of a story