What is being compared in "The dancers moved like butterflies in the springtime."?

dancers movements to the movements of butterflies

Choose the sentence with a dependent clause.

As the dancers perform, their careful movements act out a tale.

How would we word "The dancers moved like butterflies in the springtime" to change into a metaphor?

The dancers were springtime butterflies.

What MAIN question does this myth answer?

a story of how something in nature came to be

Why is the passage titled "An Ancient Art Almost Lost"?

Because most of the people that knew the dance had been killed

What context clues do we see for the word "intricate"?

In the sentence and the next sentence

Choose the indpendent clause.

In the 1300's, the Aztec people built their capital city of Tenochtitlan.

How do we know this is a myth?

a story of how something in nature came to be

Why does the author use the word towering to describe the volcano?

To show how large the volcano was

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1
What is being compared in "The dancers moved like butterflies in the springtime."?
dancers to butterflies colors
butterflies' movements to spring dancers
dancers movements to the movements of butterflies
2
Choose the sentence with a dependent clause.
Together, they formed the National Dance Company of Combodia.
As the dancers perform, their careful movements act out a tale.
Cambodian dance was almost lost along with them.
3
How would we word "The dancers moved like butterflies in the springtime" to change into a metaphor?
The dancers movements were similar to those of a butterfly in the spring.
The butterflies were like dancers in the springtime.
The dancers were springtime butterflies.
4
What MAIN question does this myth answer?
The ancient love story
The names of volcanoes had special meaning
a story of how something in nature came to be
5
Why is the passage titled "An Ancient Art Almost Lost"?
Because the communist regime stole to art
The people that knew the dance didn't want to teach it to their children
Because most of the people that knew the dance had been killed
6
What context clues do we see for the word "intricate"?
antonym clues
In the sentence and the next sentence
the entire passage
7
"The dancers moved like butterflies in the springtime" is an example of:
simile
idiom
metaphor
8
Choose the indpendent clause.
In the 1300's, the Aztec people built their capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Before Communist rule began in 1975, dancers were important to the palace.
While he was away fighting for the battle, his enemy tricked the princess.
9
What words help us understand the meaning of "intricate"?
elegant and careful
act out
Cambodian dance
10
What genre is this?
non-fiction about famous volanoes
myth
biography of Popcatepetl
11
How do we know this is a myth?
The ancient love story
a story of how something in nature came to be
The names of volcanoes had special meaning
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Why does the author use the word towering to describe the volcano?
To show how much smoke there was
To show how strong their love was
To show how large the volcano was

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