“parrot in the oven” find a simile that describes manny’s relationship with work

"Without work, I was empty as a coke bottle." is the simile used to describe Manny's relation with work.

Explanation:

Simile is a literary device that is used to make comparison of one thing with the other. Unlike metaphor, it does not make direct comparisons. It makes comparisons with the use of words like "as" and "like" of one thing with the other.

In the lesson "Parrot in the oven", the relationship of Manny has been described with work using a simile. In this he said that without work, he was empty as a coke bottle. This showed that he really loved to work and without work he thought that there is no worth of the person.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

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