FRIDAY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile,
onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration.
Sam moved the window cover up revealing the wing of the plane
cutting through the marshmallow clouds with lightning speed. He
flew for his job often, so the routine felt like clockwork until he
heard a few creaks and bangs from underneath his seat. The pilot's
nervously calm voice came over the intercom indicating that we
would be making an emergency landing in Montreal. Sam could see
the plane was suffering as it was sputtering every few seconds. The
passengers, like frightened children, began to panic while they the
descended. The crash landing sent Sam flying in his seat.
He was thankful to be alive!

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.