“That man is a snake,” said Ted. “First he lied to me, and then he stole my car.” What is the connotative meaning of the word snake as it is used in the sentence?

a.
a deceitful person

b.
a slow movement

c.
a plumbing tool

d.
a scaly reptile

I think a. a deceitful person is the correct answer but I'm not sure

A deceitful person

Explanation:

People are often referred to as snakes as they are deceiving.As a snake can bite anytime the person can also deceive you anytime.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

the answer is b ik this because i ahd this in a quick quiz