Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words and Phrases

Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words and Phrases

Multiple Choice

Winter Trees

By William Carlos Williams

All the complicated details of the

attiring and

the disattiring are completed!

A liquid moon

moves gently among

the long branches.

Thus having prepared their buds

against a sure winter

the wise trees

stand sleeping in the cold.

When the author writes “attiring and disattiring ” he means:

• The trees get dressed every morning.

• The trees have finished putting clothes on.

• The trees change seasons and shed leaves like people dressing and undressing.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls .

Why did the author use the phrase “crooked hands" ?

• To give an example of how hard it is to hold on to the crag.

• To give an example of what the eagle’s claws look like.

• To help the reader better understand the danger of claws.

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excerpt from The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls .

Why type of figurative language is “like a thunderbolt he falls" ?

• It gives human traits to the eagle’s landing.

• It exaggerates the eagle’s landing.

• It compares the eagle’s landing to a thunderbolt.

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excerpt from The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls .

Why did the author use the phrase “like a thunderbolt he falls"?

• To tell the reader that the eagle lands on the ocean.

• To tells the reader that the eagle lands really fast

• To tell the reader that the eagle lands with a loud sound.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls .

Why type of figurative language is “ crooked hands"?

• It compares the eagle to the cliff.

• It gives human traits to the eagle’s claws.

• It exaggerates the eagle’s fierceness.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O my luve's like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June;

O my luve's like the melodie

That's sweetly played in tune.

Why type of figurative language is “luve’s like a red rose”?

• It gives human traits to love.

• It compares love to a red rose.

• It exaggerates the color of love.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from Daffodils By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Why type of figurative language is “ lonely as a cloud" ?

• It exaggerates the person’s loneliness.

• It gives human traits to the clouds.

• It compares loneliness to a cloud.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from Daffodils By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Why did the author use the phrase “lonely as a cloud ”?

• To tell the reader he wishes he had company during his travels.

• To tell the reader that the clouds float over the hilltops.

• To tell the reader he travels alone over the vales and hills.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from Daffodils By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

What type of figurative language is “dancing"?

• It exaggerates how well the flowers dance.

• It gives human traits to flowers.

• It compares the flowers to the breeze.

Multiple Choice

excerpt from Daffodils By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Why did the author use the phrase “dancing in the breeze"?

• To tell the reader how the flowers move with the breeze.

• To tell the reader that the flowers need the breeze to dance.

• To tell the reader that the flowers couldn’t move without the breeze.