Literary Devices - "To a Daughter Leaving Home"

To a Daughter Leaving Home: Part A: How does the poet use a simile in lines 15-24?

• The poet compares her daughter growing to her being breakable.

• The poet compares her daughter's hair to a handkerchief waving goodbye using the word "like".

• The poet uses the multiple sounds of the letter P from line 18.

• The poet compares her daughter's life to screaming with laughter.

Part B: Which line from the poem supports the answer to Part A?

• "as you wobbled away on two round wheels"

• "pumping, pumping for your life, screaming with laughter"

• "the hair flapping behind you like a handkerchief waving goodbye."

• "while you grew smaller, more breakable with distance"

Which literary device does the author use in lines 23 and 34?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Part B: How do these lines contribute to the development of the poem?

• It shows that the handkerchief is blowing around in the wind.

• It shows that the handkerchief is waving goodbye.

• It shows that the handkerchief is screaming at the daughter.

• It shows that the girl is delighted.

Which idea about life does the speaker convey in lines 5-10?

• Be able to take life one step at a time.

• You should learn how to ride a bicycle.

• You never know what someone is capable of.

• Riding bicycles make people surprised.

Funeral: Which literary device does the author use in line 21?

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile