Question

How do comparisons using 'like' or 'as' and direct comparisons without these words help create vivid mental pictures? (1 point)
Responses

Comparisons help readers imagine scenes more clearly
Comparisons help readers imagine scenes more clearly

Literary comparisons are unnecessary in writing
Literary comparisons are unnecessary in writing

Only photographs can create mental images
Only photographs can create mental images

Comparisons always make stories more confusing

Answer 1

Comparisons help readers imagine scenes more clearly.

They link unfamiliar things to familiar images (similes with "like" or "as" and metaphors without), making descriptions more vivid.