Which is the best definition of simile?
a.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is spelled the same forward and backward; for example, "a man, a plan, a canal, panama"
b.
a figure of speech that uses one part of something to represent the whole thing; for example, "the footsteps followed her"
c.
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as; for example, "nancy's cheeks are as red as roses"
d.
a figure of speech that gives human traits or characteristics to non-human objects; for example, "the wind laughed"

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.