Match each example of figurative language with its interpretation. (10 points)
Column A
1.
"He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
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"He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
2.
"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche."
:
"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche."
3.
"I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil."
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"I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil."
4.
"I have seen flocks streaming south in the fall so large that they were flowing over from horizon to horizon in an almost continuous stream all day long."
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"I have seen flocks streaming south in the fall so large that they were flowing over from horizon to horizon in an almost continuous stream all day long."
5.
"O if we but knew what we do When we delve or hew—Hack and rack the growing green!"
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"O if we but knew what we do When we delve or hew—Hack and rack the growing green!"
Column B
a.
The passage of prose contains a metaphor that shows how we are all connected.
b.
These lines contain alliteration, which creates rhythm.
c.
These lines use a simile to show the power of nature.
d.
These lines contain a hyperbole that creates a vivid image.
e.
These lines give human abilities such as singing and language to nature.
Answers
Answer:
"He watches from his mountain..." E) These lines use a simile...
A simile is a comparison using like or as. In this example the author is comparing the person falling to a thunderbolt. This comparison shows nature's power.
"As long as I live..." D) These lines give human abilities...
By describing the birds, winds, and waterfalls as singing, the author is giving these non-human things human-like qualities. This is also known as personification.
"I'm only a child..." B) The passage of prose contains a metaphor...
The passage says that "we are all part of a family". This shows how everyone is connected in this metaphor of everyone being in the same family and sharing air, water, and soil.
"I have seen flocks streaming south..." A) These lines contain a hyperbole...
The description of the birds stretching across the entire sky all day long is an over exaggeration of how many birds were actually flying south. While there may have been many, it would not have covered the whole sky, all day long.
"O if we but knew what we do..." C) These lines contain alliteration...
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words to create a sound effect. In this passage the "w" sound is repeated to give the passage a rhythm.
1. In this sentence, the figurative speech is 'Simile'. Here the person is described as a natural force that is a thunderbolt which indicated the sudden action of falling.
2. Here the sentence shows how the speaker is in-depth with nature. He describes human abilities such as singing and the use of language on non-living things that show it's a personification.
3. 30 million species indicate different organisms that are considered to be a family since we share similar aspects of the environment. Here different things are found through a certain similarity shows that this is a metaphor.
4. Birds migrate during a period of time from horizon to horizon but a person witnessing the entire journey on their own is more of an exaggeration and unreal so the figurative speech here is 'hyperbole'
5. Here two figurative speeches can be seen. The words hack and rack are similar sounding words with h and r which is a form of 'alliteration'. Then growing green which means growing plants is described with hack and rack that is destruction. To bring the similarity between two different things is a metaphor.
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