Which sentence uses a figure of speech? a) our conversation, like the storm clouds forming and dispersing above us, never could get anywhere definite. b) the music of the marching band outside wafted inside the gymnasium where the boys were practicing basketball. c) the gymnasium had to close down for a few weeks while the managers had the floor redone to replace broken tile. d) all of the kids in the hallway sat down at one time and got out their lunches, refusing to eat in the cafeteria.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.