Which sentence most clearly makes use of simile? O A. Sandra's car is a beast with its 300-horsepower engine.
O B. The electric guitar cried and whined through the song.
O C. My dog becomes a timid sheep whenever a cat is nearby.
D. Open shoeboxes lay on the floor like disturbed coffins.
SUBMIT

- the heat nearly killed them that first summer.

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explanation:

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

i would suggest wrtiing it urslef

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