Which of the options below contains a metaphor?
the fog was a heavy blanket laid out over the sleeping town.
empty windows glared out of the abandoned house as we crept by.
the child's overnight bag was a heavy as a sack of bricks.
the mango trees mocked us, dangling their sweet yellow fruit just out of our reach.

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader