“Word that the Akron AWOL blew up the Chop Shop zigs like lightning through every Unwind, and disobedience erupts into a full-scale revolt”. This is an example of what type of figurative language? A: Simile
B: Metaphor
C: Idiom
D: Hyperbole

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.