Sage I Disable Passage Scrolling a Lullaby
nor Wylie
Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:
5) The dead leaves are varnished
With color like blood,
med
d.
arnished
What effect does the author want this simile to have on the reader?
A)
The simile is merely descriptive and has no
connotative effects: the leaves are red.
ilk,
B)
The simile is meant to evoke wonder and awe at the
power and youth of the young child in the poem.
o
The author wants to create a feeling of joy in the
reader at the beautiful, bright colors of autumn
leaves.
age,
10
The simile is meant evoke horror in the reader;
D) the autumn leaves are red--but not just any red, the
red blood of a murdered child.