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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
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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
"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.
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- 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.
- CJ
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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.
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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