Read the following sentence. "Just here the land was rolling - a grand sweep of regular elevations and depressions as far as the eye could reach - like the stately heave and swell of the ocean's bosom after a storm." How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage? a to convey the desolate feeling of the scenery
b to compare the hills to ocean swells
c to emphasize the unpleasant sensations of the stage coach
d to illustrate the beautiful colors of the scenery

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme