Read "The Cricket Sang" by Emily Dickinson. The cricket sang, And set the sun, And workmen finished, one by one, Their seam the day upon. The low grass loaded with the dew, The twilight stood as strangers do With hat in hand, polite and new, To stay as if, or go. A vastness, as a neighbor, came,— A wisdom without face or name, A peace, as hemispheres at home,— And so the night became. In 1-2 sentences, explain how figurative language such as use of metaphor and simile can help a reader create meaning. (2 points)
Figurative language such as metaphor and simile can help a reader create meaning by allowing them to make connections between the literal and figurative elements, deepening their understanding and interpretation of the text.
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Figurative language, like metaphors and similes, helps readers understand and interpret a text by using descriptive comparisons that make the writing more interesting and meaningful.
