What did you include in your response? Check all that apply.
Sample Response: "Sags / like a heavy load" is an
example of a simile. The poem is comparing a dream
deferred to a sagging, heavy load. Carrying a sagging,
heavy load weighs a person down, so the poem is
probably saying that a dream that is delayed ends up
weighing a person down.
an example of a simile from the poem
an explanation of what the simile means

Read the sentence from barrio boy by ernesto galarza. "now, ernesto, you are the man of the family. you will take care of your mother until we are together in sacramento. which statement best describes the figurative language used in these sentences? a simile is used to compare ernesto to a man. a simile is used to paint a picture of family life. a metaphor is used to compare a man and his family. a metaphor is used to paint a picture of responsibility.

Type the correct answer in the box. use numerals instead of words. if necessary, use / for the fraction bar. the length of each side of a square increases by 2.5 inches to form a new square with a perimeter of 70 inches. the length of each side of the original square was inches.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?