Read this passage: I will plough the land,

Turning up the black soil.

I will ride upon this heaving surface

As a boat rides upon the water.

Even as a boat

Cleaving the water with an eager keel,

I have run a furrow

Straight across the ridges.

The author uses SIMILES to

Question 8 options:

explain how a boat would look out of the water.

compare a farmer walking to a plow moving soil.

show how the plow going through dirt is like a boat going through water.

explain how hard it is to plow a field.