What is the best tool to use when distinguishing between two words that have similar denotative meanings? connotation denotation root word synonym

In the story “seventh grade” how do victor’s hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day?

An old patched hat,which was almond terim-red, watched as it sat on an old , thin head.which kind of figurative language is found in line 1-2? a. metonymyb. oxymoronc. personificationd. simile

Compare moishe as he is described at the begginning of the memoir with moishe after his escape from death in the forest