Which line from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson contains a simile?
Read this poem.Worry makes an ache—stomach swims, head throbs . . .It’s an unwanted guestwith endless requests.Like an empty piggy bankWorry offers nothing. Which line from the poem contains a metaphor?
Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.The mountain sat upon the plainIn his eternal chair,His observation omnifold,His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees,Like children round a sire:Grandfather of the days is he,Of dawn the ancestor. Which statement best explains the central idea of this poem?
Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.The mountain sat upon the plainIn his eternal chair,His observation omnifold,His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees,Like children round a sire:Grandfather of the days is he,Of dawn the ancestor.What is the effect of Dickinson’s use of figurative language in the second stanza?
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.They begin beating it with a hoseto find out what it really means.How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a color slideor press an ear against its hive.Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?
Read this poem.Applause sounded through the roomlouder than cannon fireHe bowed below the lightsbasking and buoyantsensing his successWhich line from the poem contains hyperbole?
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a color slideor press an ear against its hive.Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.I want them to waterskiacross the surface of a poemwaving at the author's name on the shore.How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?
Read the excerpt from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson.How dreary to be somebody!How public, like a frogTo tell your name the livelong dayTo an admiring bog!Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?
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