In "in the time of butterflies", minerva is because she wants to go to law school and believes women should be involved in running the government. question 16 options: a) intellectual and political b) loving and playful c) tall and mean d) none of the above

a) intellectual and political

Explanation:

María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes is the most outspoken and rebellious of the sisters and the first to join the movement against Trujillo. She desires freedom from her father’s rules and then from Trujillo’s police state.

some sort of sound device i believe.

(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.