Figurative Language

The figure of speech that you find in the line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is a ...

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personifiation

Which of the following is (are) "fluttering and dancing in the breeze"?

• the cloud

• the trees

• the golden daffodils

• a crowd of people

"A host of golden daffodils" ... "when all at once I saw a crowd."

• shows a contrast with

• gives an example of

• gives a detail explanation of

• says nothing about what the poet means by "a crowd" in

The word "they" in "The waves beside them danced, but they" refers to ...

• the waves

• their heads

• the golden daffodils

• the star

In the poem, you see the words : vales, hills, lake, trees, stars and waves.

each of these words is used to appeal to the reader's sense of ...

• smell

• sight

• feeling

• taste

The word "cloud" in "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is used here to give the reader images of ...

• motion and colour

• colour and touch

• motion and smell

• smell and feeling

How do you compare the daffodils in the line "A host of golden daffodils" with the ones in line "and dances with the daffodils"?

• the daffodils in both lines are real

• the daffodils in both lines are imaginary

• the first daffodils are real but the second one is imaginary

• the first daffodils are imaginary but the second one is real

There are 2 similes in the poem. They are in ...

• I wandered lonely as a cloud - And twinkle on the Milky Way

• I wandered lonely as a cloud - continuous as the stars that shine

• Fluttering and dancing in the breeze - And twinkle on the Milky Way

• Continuous as the stars that shine - And twinkle on the Milky Way

The phrase "golden daffodils" signifies an invaluable treasure that makes the poet happy. This phrase uses a figurative language of ...

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• symbol

Mention the object(s) that is/are personified and explain how it is/they are PERSONIFIED.

• The daffodils - by the use of a host of

• the cloud - identified as the poet in "I wandered lonely as a cloud"

• the stars - by the use of "shine and twinkle on the Milky Way"

• the daffodils - by the words "dancing" and "tossing" their hands"