Which analogy is an example of a distraction that is likely to cause readers to miss the point? Lisa reacts very theatrically to unpleasant sights. Her gestures are so exaggerated that she looks like a mime pretending to be caught in a spider web.
Life sometimes feels like a game of chess. You use your best strategy, but you still may get checkmated by a clever opponent.
Melting quickly, the ice cream dripped down the cone-like wax down a candle. Sadly, like a burned-out candle, my ice cream was soon nothing but a pool of liquid.
The bobcat sat quietly watching the birds at the feeder, much like a fluffy kitten batting playfully at a dangled piece of string.

Either 1, with Lisa, or 4, with the bobcat.

This question leans on the subjective side, in my opinion.

Sorry, I don't think my answer will be of much help.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

add me on snap   tschrake20