Identify the types of figurative language used in this sentence: sam was a brick wall; the offense shattered like glass against his tough exterior. options: a. there is a metaphor and a simile. b. there is a hyperbole and an idiom. c. there is a metaphor and onomatopoeia. d. there is a symbol and alliteration.

The answer is A. There is a metaphor and a simile. I hope that this helps. =)

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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