PLZZ DONT JUST TAKE POINTS Memorial Day is a great holiday. It assures us that summer is just around the corner. Of course, Memorial Day was first
celebrated for a more serious reason. Memorial Day, begun in 1868, was the day that Civil War soldiers were honored.
Later, it became the day to remember all American soldiers who had died in a war.

The main idea in this passage is:

The ma ik n idea in the passage has got to be memorial day.

Explanation:

it's been mention over and over again.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.

to refer to another writer's ideas in the course of making your own original statement. when you use a summary in the course of your own writing, you must use your be used in book reviews (see chapter 8), in essays of analysis (see, nection between sentences, and you can create new paragraphs to reflect