Question 7 unsaved "…everyone in the market fell to their knees, touched their foreheads to the ground, and took up the chant. then, like a colony of worker ants, they dismantled their stalls and left." in the excerpt, the author uses question 7 options: a hyperbole personification a simile a metaphor question 10 unsaved "there was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was asleep." what is the meaning of the capitalized word? question 10 options: intense peaceful noticeable prolonged