The correct response is:
D) describe the speaker’s developing determination.
In line 26, the simile compares the speaker to a wrestler in a ring, which emphasizes their growing confidence and determination to stand up to the bully.
Facing Fear
A. Gautam
He stands by my locker
Like a yawning lion
His leg ready to trip me
In the hallway
5 Like yesterday
Last week
Last month
Last year
He smiles by my locker
10 Like an Olympian on the dais
Head cocked for the gold medal
And his eyes scan
The hallway
For all the boys to learn
15 For all the girls to squirm
Like this morning
But I don’t feel like falling
Or shrinking near him
When I reach for my own book
In my own locker
20 Near my own friends
Watching me
So, I stride to my locker
Like a new police recruit
When I stand tall
25 And stretch my shoulders
I feel like a wrestler
In a ring only for a fair game
And today he won’t sully my name
Question
The poet uses a simile in line 26 to —
Responses
A hint at the bully’s developing fear and doubt hint at the bully’s developing fear and doubt
B imply that the audience is finally supporting the speaker imply that the audience is finally supporting the speaker
C emphasize that the speaker respects the law emphasize that the speaker respects the law
D describe the speaker’s developing determination
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