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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Metaphor

The boys' hope waned as the week wore on.They stood on their Sunfish every time they saw a boat, waving their paddles and yelling. One night they were awakened by water splashing in their faces and found a large container ship bearing down on them.

"It was like some ____in the water," Driscoll said.

A. building B. creature
  

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Welcome to English Forums! In various literary writings comparisons have been made both between boats and buildings and between boats and creatures. Usually the first of these comparisons involves quite a huge boat.

  • Welcome to English Forums!
  • In various literary writings comparisons have been made both between boats and buildings and between boats and creatures.
  • Usually the first of these comparisons involves quite a huge boat.
  • The whale is about the largest creature one might expect to encounter in the open sea, and a container ship is magnitudes of order bigger, so my money is on A.
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Welcome to English Forums!

In various literary writings comparisons have been made both between boats and buildings and between boats and creatures. Usually the first of these comparisons involves quite a huge boat. The whale is about the largest creature one might expect to encounter in the open sea, and a container ship is magnitudes of order bigger, so my money is on A.

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