Beech trees in a golden haze;
Hardy sumachs all ablaze,
Glowing through the silver birches.
How that pine tree shouts and lurches!
Which type of figurative language is used in the last line of the excerpt?
A. simile
B. symbolism
C. personification
D. metaphor
C. personification
The well was dry beside the door,
(1) And so we went with pail and can
Across the fields behind the house
To seek the brook if still it ran;
(2) Not loth to have excuse to go,
Because the autumn eve was fair
(Though chill), because the fields were ours,
And by the brook our woods were there.
(3) We ran as if to meet the moon
That slowly dawned behind the trees,
The barren boughs without the leaves,
Without the birds, without the breeze.
(4) But once within the wood, we paused
Like gnomes that hid us from the moon,
Ready to run to hiding new
With laughter when she found us soon.
(5) Each laid on other a staying hand
To listen ere we dared to look,
And in the hush we joined to make
We heard, we knew we heard the brook.
(6) A note as from a single place,
A slender tinkling fall that made
Now drops that floated on the pool
Like pearls, and now a silver blade.
How is a literary device used to develop the tone in stanza 5?
(1 point)
Responses
A. A mysterious tone is developed through onomatopoeia in the word hush.
B. A happy tone is developed when imagery is used to convey how the characters listen.
C. An angry tone is developed through the imagery used to describe a dare.
D. A fearful tone is developed through the use of symbolism to express the importance of finding water.
B. A happy tone is developed when imagery is used to convey how the characters listen.
The type of figurative language used in the last line of the excerpt is personification.
To arrive at this answer, we can first identify the key words or phrases in the last line: "pine tree shouts and lurches."
In this line, the author attributes human characteristics (shouting and lurching) to the pine tree, which is an example of personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities or actions are given to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or in this case, a tree.
Thus, the correct answer is C. personification.