Read the passage from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question that follows. So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself a garment for her.

Identify the figurative language underlined above and explain how it contributes to the theme of the story.

Simile; it makes Della's sacrifice all the more precious and meaningful.
Simile; it explains why Della is so upset about selling her hair.
Metaphor; it makes Della's sacrifice all the more precious and meaningful.
Metaphor; it explains why Della is so upset about selling her hair.

Simile; it explains why Della is so upset about selling her hair.

Explanation:

According to the passage from "The Gift of the Magi", the narrator describes Stella's hair and how beautiful and long it was and how much Della cared for it.

The figurative language underlined "shining like a cascade of brown waters" is a simile which shows exactly why Della is upset about selling her hair - because it is so beautiful.

what makes a hero is someone who tries and acres and then to save people and it’s not their jobs to save them just a normal person that has no experts of saving people would jump in to action without it twice about doing it. me that’s the defection of a hero!

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