Figurative Language Quiz

The imagery in Neruda's poem appeals to the sense of what?

"Ode to Enchanted Light"

Under the trees light

has dropped from the top of the sky,

light

like a green

latticework of branches,

shining

on every leaf,

drifting down like clean

white sand.

A cicada sends

its sawing song

high into the empty air.

The world is

a glass overflowing

with water

• Taste and Sight

• Touch and Taste

• Sight and Hearing

• Smell and Touch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following lines contains an alliteration?

• Latticework of branches

• Drifting down like clean

• High into the empty air

• A glass overflowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which one is an example of a simile?

• Light / has dropped from the top of the sky (lines 1-2)

• Light / like a green / latticework of branches (lines 3-5)

• Its sawing song (line 11)

• The world is / a glass overflowing / with water

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The image in "A cicada sends / its sawing song" appeals to the sense of what?

• Hearing

• Smell

• Sight

• Taste

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does the author mean by saying "The world is / a glass overflowing / with water" in lines 13-15?

• The world is made of more water than land.

• The wonder and beauty of nature are endless.

• Very few people can understand what the world is made of.

• Everyone in the world should appreciate it.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The image in lines 13-15 suggests that the speaker is responding to the world with what?

"The world is / a glass overflowing / with water"

• Disappointment

• Confusion

• Wonder

• Fear

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The fork in line 3 represents what?

"Snow in the Suburb"

Every branch big with it,

Bent every twig with it,

Every fork like a white web-foot;

Every street and pavement mute:

Some flakes have lost their way, and grope back upward, when

Meeting those meandering down they turn and descend again.

The palings are glued together like a wall,

And there is no waft of wind with the fleecy fall.

• A spider's web

• An eating utensil

• Streets and pavements

• A snow-covered tree branch

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

In line 4, personification is used to create an image of a what?

"Every fork and pavement mute:"

• Strong wind

• Snow-covered tree

• Beautiful snowdrift

• Quiet setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of beginning sounds in line 8 emphasizes what?

"And there is no waft of wind with the fleecy fall."

• Coldness

• Danger

• Softness

• Speed

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which line describes a fence covered with snow?

• Every branch big with it (line 1)

• The palings are glued together like a wall (line 7)

• A snow-lump thrice his own slight size (line 11)

• The steps are a blanched slope (line 17)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5