Read the following excerpt from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-jaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'-castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces.
What type of figurative language is demonstrated in this excerpt?

simile
metaphor
idiom
irony

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

explanation:

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

- i.a -

answer: the gettysburg address is a speech delivered by abraham lincoln at the november 19, 1863, dedication of soldier’s national cemetery, a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the battle of gettysburg during the american civil war.

explanation: