Determining Appropriate Pace Why should the underlined sentence be read with a
quick pace?
O to show how he continued to scold her
Read the passage carefully
She cried out that marriage was hateful to her. ... Then
he ceased to scold her. He begged her instead not to hurt
him, not to shame him in this matter of her marriage. He
would give her a chain of beads or a fine petticoat, he
said; and there were tears in his eyes. How could she
disobey him? How could she break his heart? The force of
her own gift alone drove her to it. She made up a small
parcel of her belongings, let herself down by a rope one
summer's night and took the road to London. She was
not seventeen.
-A Room of One's Own,
Virginia Woolf
O to match how quickly her feelings changed
O to match how quickly she decided to get married
O to reflect her urgency and determination to escape
Done

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.

the correct answer is: reveal gregor as an untidy individual.

in metamorphosis by franz kafka, gregor samsa is the main character, who one day wakes up as a bug, and the attitude he takes upon his transformation forces him to go deeper on his existence and the new features of his body.

in this excerpt the writer mentions a table full of collection textile samples, which gives us a hint about gregor being messy. later on the book we discover how he is a really untidy individual.

the correct answer is a.

since in the sentence the word beacon is used as "guide".

lighthouse:

high tower located on the coasts and ports that emits a powerful light at intervals to guide navigators at night.

luminous tower.

beacon synonyms as a guide: lighthouse, north, tower

omniscient third person