The tiny creature woke early in the morning. She realized she could see nothing but water on every side of the large green leaf, and she felt afraid. , she gathered her courage and started thinking about how to get back to land. , the old toad was busy under the marsh. She was decorating her room with rushes and yellow wildflowers to make it look pretty for her new guests.

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. be sure to include a definition if your terms

Write a line imitating the meter of the example (anapestic tetrameter.) and the beard/ on his chin/ was as white/ as the snow