One main purpose of a reflective essay is

a. to instruct others how to accomplish something.
b. to formalize a journal or diary entry.
c. to share what you have learned about a topic.
d. to tell a story about a personal event in your life.

C. to share what you have learned about a topic.

Explanation:

This is the main purpose of a reflective essay. A reflective essay is one in which the author thinks about an experience he has gone through. The author of this type of essay usually wants to share the knowledge that he has gained about a topic. A reflective essay is usually extremely personal, but it should still be relatable so that others find it interesting too.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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