Almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h2o [water] molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning?
a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine.
b. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk.
c. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are.
d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength.

It makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are.

Option C.

Explanation:

Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or to an action to which it can not directly or literally applicable. It directly refers to one thing by directly mentioning the other.

In the passage that has been given above, the direct comparison has been made of the frozen crystals. When you look at them, they appear to be very soft and a fine substance. But in actual, they are very hard. They appear to be a deceitful foe like friends to the city.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

yes the first one is correct .