Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a. i am freezing!

b. the girl’s eyes were deep blue oceans.

c. the bread was as hard as a rock.

d. the sound of nuts cracking above him caused him to look up at the squirrel in the tree.

Read this paragraph from a cause-and-effect essay. upwelling and el niño in normal years, the trade winds cause colder, nutrient-rich waters to rise to the ocean surface. this process is called “upwelling,” and it causes small fish called plankton to multiply. which rubric term or phrase would apply to the phrase “trade winds”? a. effect b. elaboration of a cause or effect c. transition between a cause and an effect d. cause