Read this poem:

who would be a turtle who could it?
a barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet,
she can ill afford the chances she must take
in rowing toward the grasses that she eats.
her track is graceless, like dragging
a packing-case places, and almost any slope
defeats her modest hopes. even being practical,
she's often stuck up to the axle on her way
to something edible. with everything optimal,
she skirts the ditch which would convert
her shell into a serving dish. she lives
below luck-level, never imagining some lottery
will change her load of pottery to wings.
her only levity is patience,
the sport of truly chastened things.

kay ryan, "turtle"
which words from the poem are an example of a metaphor?
a. will change her load of pottery to wings
b. almost any slope / defeats her modest hopes
c. she can ill afford the chances she must take
d. with everything optimal, / she skirts the ditch

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."