My Dog Stella

My Stella follows me everywhere I go
Sometimes, in the library
she rises like the sun
from behind the notebook pile
5 just to steal a glance, I know,
and to make me smile.

One morning, I arrived at school
Without homework, like a fool
Forlorn, I sank into my chair
10 I did not want to be there

And then I heard a woof I knew
Stella came into my view
With my notebook in between her
teeth
She rose like the sun that day
15 In the quiet hallway
She way my hero and my knight
She is my joy and my light
Read the metaphors in lines 16 and 17.
She was my hero and my
knight
She is my joy and my light

The author uses metaphors to -
A. state the dog had been in tough situations before.
B. reflect how much the dog means to the speaker.
C. describe how the speaker has no other friends.