Read the following six sentences. State the type of figurative language used, and give the literal meaning of each. 1. Mary talked to her son about girls as though she were giving him tax advice.
2. I can smell pizza from a mile away.
3. The buses can be impatient in this town.
4. Her eyes are fireflies when she talks about ballet.
5. Keith drank from a bottomless glass of orange juice.
6. Lynda's cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star.

Janes father receives a severe punishment at the end of the text. was this punishment fair? did he deserve this punishment? why it why not? should mr brushed have him? use the text to support your argument.

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above

Which excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflects the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients?