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)
in 7th graders words
1 answer
The use of metaphor and simile can help the reader understand and visualize abstract concepts or emotions by comparing them to something more concrete or familiar.