4. all of the following methods are ways to correct a run-on sentence except a. putting a comma in between the complete sentences. b. inserting a period between the complete sentences. c. placing a semicolon between the complete sentences. d. adding a conjunction between the complete sentences.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification