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PS_Quiz: Emily Dickinson: Moon Figurative Language

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Question 1

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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"

Question 2

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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"

Question 3

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What type of figurative language has Dickinson mostly used in this poem when describing the moon?

Idiom 

Personification 

Hyperbole 

Simile 

Question 4

4.

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. 

Question 5

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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.  

Question 6

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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 