Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow

They looked like black mountains standing in front of me across the sky.I knew I could not fly up

and over them, and I did not have enough fuel to fly around them to the north or south.

(a) What are ' they' here?

(b) Explain the figure of speech used in the above extract.

(c) How do the black clouds look like?

(d) Could he fly up and over the clouds?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• 1) black cloud are 'they' here.
• 3) the black cloud look like black Mountains.
• 4) no he could not fly up and over the clouds.

Answer 2

Answer:

(A) They is referred to the black clouds.

(B) Personification is used here as clouds are being personified here.

(C) Black clouds looked like black mountains.

(D) No he didn't have enough fuel to fly up and over those stormy, black clouds.