Based on the shared elements of “Manuel Had a Riddle” and “The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower,” which four elements belong in a definition of hero? A hero takes big risks to face a challenge.
A hero knows when to accept help from others.
A hero never gives up on a quest.
A hero insists on doing everything alone.
A hero rises from simple beginnings and achieves greatness.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme