Place a check mark next to each item which gives an example of the figure of speech known as a simile. leave all other items unchecked. from the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake. since he was a slippery snake, the man always managed to slither out of trouble. the week my grandparents came to visit, everyone in our family was busy as a bee. let us go then, you and i. the fact that he was going to kill me made me feel slightly uncomfortable. when they told me i had made the team, i was as happy as a clam. after a year of missed opportunities, a stench of failure followed me wherever i went.

How is the city of savannah related to the union strategy of a full blockade of confederate ports? a) savannah was the last port needed to be secured in order to totally blockade the coast of georgia. b) savannah was the least significant city in georgia, and the union strategy centered on securing atlanta and capturing the tennessee river. c) savannah was the least significant city in georgia, and the union strategy centered on securing atlanta and capturing the chattahoochee river. d) savannah was the most significant port in georgia, and the union strategy centered on securing bases at savannah and the outlying islands to fully blockade georgia.