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1. Which of the following would best explain this simile from The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood?

“Time washed over me as though I were nothing more than a woman of sand.”

a. The character’s sand sculpture has been easily washed away.

b. Time has easily changed the character from what she used to be.

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2. Which of the following best explains this simile from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell?

“He stood looking up at her, the sun so bright on his blond hair that it seemed like a shining cap of silver.”

a. The character looks like he is wearing a metal helmet.

b. The sun makes the character’s hair look as though it’s shimmering with light.

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