Imagery and Figurative Language in Tennyson’s “Morte d’Arthur”

Question 1

Which sentences contain imagery? Check all that apply.The musky, smoky odor wafted from the glowing fireplace.The car’s bright headlights twinkled in the distance.Miguel decided to visit his grandmother yesterday.Eric’s eardrums shuddered in rebellion at the bird’s screeching.The train stopped at Hanson Station every day.

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A: The musky, smoky odor wafted from the glowing fireplace.; B: The car’s bright headlights twinkled in the distance.; D: Eric’s eardrums shuddered in rebellion at the bird’s screeching.

Question 2

Sir Bedivere’s appearancethe wound that King Arthur suffers✔ the chapel and its surroundings

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C: ✔ the chapel and its surroundings

Question 3

X “Three Queens with crowns of gold”✔ “an agony / Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills”“And to the barge they came.”

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B: ✔ “an agony / Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills”

Question 4

What does the figurative language help convey to the reader?

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A: The queens are sad about King Arthur dying.

Question 5

✔ the gloomy environmentthe pain of King ArthurX the courage of Sir Bedivere

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A: ✔ the gloomy environment

Question 6

X “Place me in the barge”“the making of the world”✔ “A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: ✔ “A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars”

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