Rita Dove describes her poem as: "How to find words for the human heart and all the emotions we ascribe to it? The path is a veritable minefield
of clichés-those well-intentioned, once-fresh expressions whose very
popularity has rendered them useless, even laughable." When she
describes the path "as a veritable minefield of clichés" she is using what
part of figurative language?

Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor

Why is “playing it cool” laced with irony for starr? the hate u give

In part one of "cruel tribute," how do king aegeus's actions affect the advancement of the plot? he causes ariadne to fall in love with theseus. he causes theseus to become the new king. he causes the birth of a hero in troezen. he causes king minos to become angry.

Jenna stood in front of the closed door. she knew she hadevery right to be here. your exam scores are just as high ascora's, she said to herself. there's no reason you shouldhave been left off the math team while cora was namedcaptain. she had never been one to rock the boat, but shecouldn't just let this lie.she pushed the door open and saw ms. jenson, the mathteam advisor, sitting at her desk. "ms. jenson? can i talk toyou for a minute? " her voice wavered, but she tried to lookconfident."sure," said ms. jenson, "but i hope this isn't about namingcora captain of the math team. i'm afraid my decision isfinal."jenna took a deep breath and prepared to plead her case.which statement best describes the external conflict in this passage?