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Please help mee i will give brainy if someone is able to really know the answers to them both not just one there's two questions

Question 2
In the poem "Heat", what is the speaker asking for?

O wind, rend open the heat,
cut apart the heat,
rend it to tatters.
Fruit cannot drop
through this thick air--
fruit cannot fall into heat
that presses up and blunts
the points of pears
and rounds the grapes.
Cut the heat--
plough through it,
turning it on either side
of your path.

A: a breeze
B: fruit to eat
C: someone to plow the fields
D: warmth


Question 8
What is an extended metaphor?

A: a comparison of many different things in a short story.
B: a variety of figurative language used throughout a text.
C: metaphor that extends over the course of a text or poem that offers more varied, descriptive comparisons.
D: simple but effective way the author conveys an important message.

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Question 2:

The speaker in the poem "Heat" is asking for a breeze. The correct answer is A: a breeze.


Question 8:

An extended metaphor is a metaphor that extends over the course of a text or poem that offers more varied, descriptive comparisons. The correct answer is C: a metaphor that extends over the course of a text or poem that offers more varied, descriptive comparisons.

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