which sentence most clearly uses figurative language A. the giraffe licked the leaves right out of my open hands

D. The streamers were red gashes cut across the sky.

Explanation:

Figurative language allows the author to describe something by using words that would not normally describe the thing in question. It therefore involves giving words another meaning than the one they normally have.

Streamers in this case cannot be red gashes across the sky, that is not possible. But in describing it that way, the reader can infer the color of the streamers.

D. the streamer were red gashes cut across the sky

Explanation:

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b. 155 enlisted men and no officers

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.