b. The boy falls asleep facing the sea.
c. The boy takes the glass of milk from the woman.
d. The boy realizes that he misses his home.
The use of the understatement in the excerpt that affects this part of the scene is that he or she has to say something that is less important than it already is. He or she tried to restrain himself or herself to escape the effect it has.
C. It heightens how ridiculous it is that two women think they are engaged to the same man.
Absolutely, I do the same at home. When Tom uses water and vinegar to clean his bathroom at tome, he is saving time, money and conserving water. He's also protecting the environment against harmful toxins causing unnecesary air pollution.
Manhattan's hard shell if nature sets about dismantling it.
It would begin very quickly, with the first strike at the city's
most vulnerable spot: its underbelly.
Which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's
meaning?
A. It links two unlike objects together, the city and a machine,
showing how they can both be dismantled.
B. It likens a quick breach of the city to a first strikeout at
Manhattan's baseball stadium.
C. It compares the city to an animal, which has a hard, protective
shell, but a soft underbelly.
D. It compares the key to the city to the hard shell of Manhattan to
illustrate its open door policy.
The answer is: It compares the city to an animal, which has a hard, protective shell, but a soft underbelly.
In this excerpt from "The City Without Us" Alan Weisman use the metaphor to compare the city of Manhattan to and animal, compares its weak points to an animal underbelly and the strengths as an animal’s hard shell that covers the surface to protect its vulnerable parties.
A. It compares the city to an animal, which has a hard, protective shell, but a soft underbelly. -Apex