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Figurative Language Poem 1
Sketch by Carl Sandburg
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Which is an example of PERSONIFICATION?
the soft inrolling tide
In the low blue lustre / Are the shadows of the ships.
A long brown bar at the dip of the sky / Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.
Wavelets crumble
Why do you believe that this is PERSONIFICATION? Explain your answer.
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Which is an example of HYPERBOLE?
A long brown bar
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Wash on the floor of the beach
The shadows of the ships
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.
Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre / Are the shadows of the ships.
A long brown bar
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?
The shadows of the ships
The lucid and endless wrinkles
A long brown bar
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
the soft inrolling tide
In the low blue lustre
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles / Wash on the floor of the beach.
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What action is described in the THIRD stanza of the poem?
The sandbar extends out into the sea.
The birds are flying around the boats.
The waves are moving in to the shore and out.
The boats are rocking on the waves.
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?
Frantic
Mournful
Calm
Perilous
Why does this poem make you feel that way?
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