Her head was spinning from all of the new information.

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is considered what type of figurative language?

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

The rain ran down the road. 

ead the excerpt from paragraph 1.

Change I had known before, and it had been gradual. My father had been a headman once, a person of consequence in our village: I had lived to see him relinquish this importance, but the alteration was so slow that we hardly knew when it came.

I had seen both my parents sink into old age and death, and here too there was no violence. But the change that now came into my life, into all our lives, blasting its way into our village, seemed wrought in the twinkling of an eye.

How does the author use figurative language to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—

The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing—

And Winter slumbering in the open air,

Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!

5 And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.

What is the purpose of the personification of Winter in lines 3-4?

It was a bitter and cruel experience, and it plunged them into an agony of despair. Such a time, of all times, for them to have it, when their hearts were made tender! Such a pitiful beginning it was for their married life; they loved each other so, and they could not have the briefest respite! It was a time when everything cried out to them that they ought to be happy; when wonder burned in their hearts, and leaped into flame at the slightest breath. They were shaken to the depths of them, with the awe of love realized—and was it so very weak of them that they cried out for a little peace? They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them

Read this sentence from paragraph 2.

They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them.

The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.

Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

An old turtle looked up and said,
“Mr. Sky, I have lived a long time.I have seen it all,
And what they say is true.
There is nothing new under the sun.”
“Really?” said Sky.
And from six miles up, he dropped 
A single snowflake. 
Which sentence describes the theme of the poem?

My best friend was having a party Friday night, but I also had a baseball game.  This was going to be a tough decision.  If I do not go to the game, I will let my team down.