99 points and brainliest!

read this excerpt from “raymond’s run.”

"and all the time i’m dreaming, i get lighter and lighter until i’m flying over the beach again, getting blown through the sky like a feather that weighs nothing at all."

identify the type of figurative language used in this excerpt.
idiom
simile
metaphor
allusion



why doesn’t squeaky know the winner of the race at first?

she gets distracted when raymond climbs the fence.
she and gretchen finish very close together.
the other runners prevent her from hearing the announcement.
mr. pearson does not announce the winner.

Write one paragraph that evaluates the effectiveness of jack zipes’s essay.

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so

Whos a good poet to listen to? i got back into shane koyczan and i'm wondering if anything else is out there.