Question

just as suddenly as the fish began to fall, they stop, and i jog back to the house, the net trailing behind me like a fallen flag.
reread the underlined sentence in the passage. complete the sentences to explain why the author uses a simile.
the author compares the net to ▼ after hani ▼ the net.
these two unlike things are similar because they both ▼.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the simile in the underlined sentence:

Step 1: Identify the simile components

The sentence says "the net trailing behind me like a fallen flag". A simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. Here, the net is compared to a fallen flag.

Step 2: Analyze the action and similarity

• The action: The net is trailing behind (after the character jogs, so the net is left behind, moving passively).
• The similarity: A fallen flag is limp, inactive, and trails (or hangs) down. The net, when trailing, also moves in a limp, trailing manner—both lack energy/activity and follow behind (the flag “falls” and trails; the net trails behind the jogging character).

Filling the blanks:

1. The author compares the net to a fallen flag (this is the “like” part of the simile).
2. after Hani (or the narrator) jogs (the action that causes the net to trail; from the sentence: “I jog back to the house”).
3. These two unlike things are similar because they both trail behind (in a limp, inactive way) (the net trails as the character jogs; a fallen flag trails/hangs down, both passive and following behind).

Final answers (matching the dropdowns):

• First dropdown: a fallen flag
• Second dropdown: jogs
• Third dropdown: trail behind (or “are limp and follow behind,” depending on options; the key is their passive, trailing movement).

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze the simile in the underlined sentence:

Step 1: Identify the simile components

The sentence says "the net trailing behind me like a fallen flag". A simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. Here, the net is compared to a fallen flag.

Step 2: Analyze the action and similarity

• The action: The net is trailing behind (after the character jogs, so the net is left behind, moving passively).
• The similarity: A fallen flag is limp, inactive, and trails (or hangs) down. The net, when trailing, also moves in a limp, trailing manner—both lack energy/activity and follow behind (the flag “falls” and trails; the net trails behind the jogging character).

Filling the blanks:

1. The author compares the net to a fallen flag (this is the “like” part of the simile).
2. after Hani (or the narrator) jogs (the action that causes the net to trail; from the sentence: “I jog back to the house”).
3. These two unlike things are similar because they both trail behind (in a limp, inactive way) (the net trails as the character jogs; a fallen flag trails/hangs down, both passive and following behind).

Final answers (matching the dropdowns):

• First dropdown: a fallen flag
• Second dropdown: jogs
• Third dropdown: trail behind (or “are limp and follow behind,” depending on options; the key is their passive, trailing movement).