What type of figurative language is observed in the following sentence? “jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.” simile metaphor imagery hyperbole

What is a brief and often humorous statement of truth or opinion such as a watched pot never boils

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of dove, a maid whom there were none to praise and very few to love: a violet by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye! --fair as a star, when only one is shining in the sky. she lived unknown, and few could know when lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me! (wordsworth, “she dwelt among the untrodden ways”) which option explains a meaning implied by the use of the adjective untrodden in the excerpt? the maid was lost in the woods. the maid lived in a rural setting. the maid was a nature spirit. the maid suffered a life without joy.

Based on your knowledge of word parts what does the word intervene mean