Figurative Language Poem 1
Sketch by Carl Sandburg
Which is an example of PERSONIFICATION?
Wavelets crumble
A long brown bar at the dip of the sky / Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.
In the low blue lustre / Are the shadows of the ships.
the soft inrolling tide
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Why do you believe that this is PERSONIFICATION? Explain your answer.
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Which is an example of HYPERBOLE?
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Wash on the floor of the beach
The shadows of the ships
A long brown bar
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Why do you believe that this is HYPERBOLE? Explain your answer
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Which is an example of METAPHOR?
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles / Wash on the floor of the beach.
In the low blue lustre / Are the shadows of the ships.
A long brown bar
Rock on the crest
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Why do you believe that this is a METAPHOR? What two things are being compared?
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Which IS NOT an example of ALLITERATION?
A long brown bar
The lucid and endless wrinkles
The shadows of the ships
Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt
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Which is an example of REPETITION used in this poem?
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide
In the low blue lustre
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles / Wash on the floor of the beach.
the soft inrolling tide
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What action is described in the THIRD stanza of the poem?
The boats are rocking on the waves.
The birds are flying around the boats.
The sandbar extends out into the sea.
The waves are moving in to the shore and out.
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Why do you believe this? Refer to the text to support your response.
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Why does the speaker refer to the tide as 'tardy'?
The waves are moving slowly.
The waves are moving quickly.
The waves are moving at a regular pace.
The waves are not moving at all.
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Which best describes the MOOD of this poem?
Mournful
Perilous
Calm
Frantic
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Why does this poem make you feel that way?
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Figurative Language Poem 1
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