Shelly's grief was a wet mop she dragged around with her. sure, a wet mop is fine when it's time to clean a floor, but there also comes a time when it needs to be put away or else it just stinks. shelly wouldn't put that mop away. and no one could wrestle it from her grasp. how does the author's use of metaphor  most  clearly support the central idea?   a. the author exaggerates the effects of a wet mop to show that feelings of grief can take on their own identity and repel others like a bad smell.  b. the author compares grief and a wet mop to show that others do not want to see constant visual reminders of a person's feelings.  c. the author compares grief to a wet mop to show that when the time for grieving ends, each person must let go of it on his or her own.  d. the author makes the wet mop seem like a peer to shelley to illustrate the deeply individual nature of mourning the loss of a loved one.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.