In the short story "son," author john updike
a. purposely confuses the reader by going back and forth in time.
b. makes a deliberate choice to manipulate the story structure in order to support his themes.
c. develops characters that span generations in order to add depth to the story.
d. combines setting, characterization, and plot to create a suspenseful mood.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

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different strategies reach different people based on their ability to understand the material. (from personal experience) when writing an argumentative essay write explaining the subject as though your audience never heard of it before and it is just being introduced, then explain why other people hate it also, afterward you would explain why that would be wrong. i hope that : )