The sentense, " the stars were a blanket over the earth", is it a metaphor or smilie

metaphor

Explanation: its an exageration and similie ALWAYS uses like or as

its a metaphor

Explanation:bc a smile uses like or as

Aldrich's findings show that ambulances and firetrucks and government aid are not the principal ways most people survive during — and recover after — a disaster. His data suggest that while official help is useful — in clearing the water and getting the power back on in a place such as New Orleans after Katrina, for example — government interventions cannot bring neighborhoods back, and most emergency responders take far too long to get to the scene of a disaster to save many lives. Rather, it is the personal ties among members of a community that determine survival during a disaster, and recovery in its aftermath.

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