Use the image to answer the question.
In a RARE response, interpret the figure of speech in the statement.
What kind of figure of speech is this an example of?
Explain which words make up the figure of speech.
Explain the double meaning of the figure of speech.
This figure of speech is an example of personification. Personification involves giving human qualities, characteristics, or emotions to non-human things.
In this image, the figure of speech is "the moon smiled down." The word "smiled" is what personifies the moon, as it is describing a human action (smiling) to the non-human object (moon).
The double meaning of this personification is that it creates a vivid image in the reader's mind of the moon actually smiling like a person, while also adding a sense of warmth and comfort to the scene being described. It brings the moon to life in the reader's imagination.