Identify whether each quote is a simile, metaphor, or personification. "We suffered all kinds of disease in our youth, but folks were sensible. They didn't squall like children and hide in the woods" "I'm going to climb the church tower and cut the tongues out of those bells myself" "The bright sun blinded me as I stepped outside" "They say bodies are piling up like firewood" "We waited for him to speak, like a congregation expecting the minister's benediction" "We have no cause to run out of the city like children scared by a ghost" "...Her hair a wild collection of snakes on the pillow…" "A slight breeze waltzed through the room"

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".

not concrete, existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

the answer is definitely d. sorry for a late response.