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Mixed Bag
100

 What is personification?

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

100

Create a simile describing a storm.

The storm was as fierce as a lion’s roar.

100

What impression does “Her eyes sparkled like diamonds” give the reader? 

Impression of beauty and brightness.

100

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands

In The Eagle, what impression is created by the phrase “Ring’d with the azure world”?

Suggests isolation, surrounded by sky. /  Dominance, majesty - the eagle is high above everything else / Superiority - the image of the eagle above sea and land, powerful and commanding

200

A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Personification

200

Create a metaphor about school.

School is a garden of knowledge.

200

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands

In The Eagle, how does “crooked hands” affect our view of the bird?

Makes eagle seem clawed, powerful, ancient.

200

Spot the figurative device AND explain the effect: “The waves beside them danced” (Daffodils).

Personification; makes nature joyful, alive.

300

'The Eagle' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Alliteration and personification

300

Personify an animal in one sentence.

The dog laughed at me with its eyes.

300

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.

In Daffodils, what is the effect of the simile “I wandered lonely as a cloud”?

It shows the speaker feels lonely and drifting, like a cloud, which makes the daffodils’ joy more powerful. /

The simile shows the speaker as wandering alone and detached, which makes the daffodils’ lively presence even more uplifting.

300

Compare these two: “The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls” (The Eagle) and “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze” (Daffodils). How does each line use movement to describe nature differently?

Eagle → sea is heavy/slow (dominance). Daffodils → flowers are light/playful (joy).

400

'The Eagle' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Like a thunderbolt he falls

Simile, comparing the eagle’s fall to lightning

400

Write a line of alliteration about fear.

Fear froze my feet firmly.

400

In The Eagle, how does “Like a thunderbolt he falls” affect the tone of the poem?

Adds sudden drama and force.

400

The eagle is described as “like a thunderbolt.” The daffodils are described as “continuous as the stars.” 

How do these two similes create different impressions of power and permanence?

Thunderbolt = destructive force; stars = calm permanence.

500

'The Eagle' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Identify three figurative language

personification - wrinkled sea
strong imagery -“mountain walls”
metaphor - eagle as a force of nature
simile - like a thunderbolt he falls

500

Write a short (2-line) metaphor about hope.

Hope is a candle in the dark. Its flame lights the way.

500

In Daffodils, what impression does comparing the flowers to “stars” create for the reader?

Suggests endless beauty, heavenly quality.

500

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

How does The Eagle suggest nature is powerful but solitary?
*remember to use figurative language to explain your answer.

In The Eagle, figurative language presents nature as powerful but solitary. The eagle is described as “Ring’d with the azure world,” which shows him isolated high in the sky, and the simile “Like a thunderbolt he falls” emphasizes his destructive strength.

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