While a simile states that one thing is like another, a metaphor asserts that one thing is the other, or is a substitute for the other thing. A metaphor asserts a correlation or resemblance between two things that are otherwise unrelated.
ASL emerged as a language in the American School for the Deaf (ASD), founded in 1817. This school brought together Old French Sign Language, various village sign languages, and home sign systems; ASL was created in this situation of language contact. ASL was influenced by its forerunners but distinct from all of them.
The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 and Accoring to the Modern Language Association's (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org). T/F for multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, seperated by commas, and a period at the end.