Melanie walked out onto the stage, her stomach dropped like a free-falling elevator. She crept slowly over to the podium and bent the microphone towards her mouth like the straw in her pink lemonade, she gathered up all of her courage, and began to speak her voice and imposter as it boomed through the microphone she flinched as it’s unfamiliarity and scan the room for her mother‘s face.

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Melanie walked out onto the stage, her stomach dropped like a free-falling elevator. She crept slowly over to the podium and bent the microphone towards her mouth like the straw in her pink lemonade, she gathered up all of her courage, and began to speak her voice and imposter as it boomed through the microphone she flinched as it’s unfamiliarity and scan the room for her mother‘s face.

In 3 to 5 sentences, identify two examples of figurative language from the passage above, and explain what each example of figurative language means

Answer 1

1) "Her stomach dropped like a free-falling elevator." This is a simile, comparing the dropping sensation in Melanie's stomach to the feeling of a free-falling elevator. It conveys the sudden and intense anxiety or nervousness that Melanie is experiencing.

2) "She bent the microphone towards her mouth like the straw in her pink lemonade." This is a simile, comparing the action of bending the microphone towards her mouth to the movement of bending a straw in a glass of pink lemonade. It highlights the careful and deliberate manner in which Melanie handles the microphone, emphasizing her concentration and determination.