LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does this simile help you understand? “The boy slid across the ice like a marble on a glass table.”
A
That ice is cold.
B
That the ice was easy to slide on.
C
That the boy is fast.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The simile is “like a sheet of ice.” Explanation: This explains that the the rain is so heavy, that it looks like a sheet of ice is falling from the sky.

Detailed explanation-2: -As tall as a giraffe. As sweet as sugar. As strong as an ox. As old as the hills. As cool as a cucumber.

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