When reading words with a Scanner object, a word is defined as . a. any sequence of characters consisting of letters and numbers only. b. any sequence of characters consisting of letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols only. c. any sequence of characters that is not white space. d. any sequence of characters consisting of letters only.

The answer is "Option c".

Explanation:

In java, the scanner class concept is used to take input from the user-end, in this concept first we import the package, which is defined in the util package in java. In this class, a series of character don't accept the white space, and other choices were correct, that can be explained as follows:

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.

i remeber a bit, but i don't have the exact qoute.

it said that everytime you chopped a head off a new one grew in it's place.

explanation: