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Quiz: Emily Dickinson: Moon Figurative Language
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Which of the following lines from the poem are metaphors? Check the THREE correct answers that apply.
"Her bonnet is the firmament, The universe her shoe"
"And what a privilege to be But the remotest star!"
"Her eye unto the summer dew"
"The moon was but a chin of gold"
"Her cheek like beryl stone"
Which of the following lines from the poem BEST describes the poet's opinion of the moon?
A: "Upon the world below"
B: "her lips of amber never part"
C: "and what a privilege to be"
D: "her dimities of blue"
What type of figurative language has Dickinson mostly used in this poem when describing the moon?
Idiom
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
What is the purpose of the sentence below:
Her Dimities of blue.
It is personfication to compare the glow of the moon to a lightweight fabric.
It is an idiom comparing the color blue to the moon.
It is a hyperbole to help the reader visualize the bright glow of the moon.
It is a simile comparing the moons color to a fabric.
Which BEST describes the effects of the lines from the poem?
The universe her shoe.
The lines exaggerate the size of the univserse compared to a shoe.
The lines help the reader visualize the universe sitting under moon.
The lines compare the moon to a shoe.
The lines describe the vastness of the universe.
Choose the simily below:
And what a privilege to be
Her cheeks like beryl stone
I tripped as I was running
Her eye unto the summer dew
