What structural element of the paragraph is the underlined sentence, and how does it connect ideas in the text? the underlined sentence is. It connects ideas in the text by.

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".