Question 21 pts

Question

Read the information below and select the correct pair of words to fill in the following blank.

An author uses an extended metaphor to compare two things that are basically dissimilar but have some quality or qualities in common. This comparison is developed at length.

In the poem, "O Captain! My Captain!", Walt Whitman uses extended metaphor to compare __________ to the end of the Civil War and President Lincoln to show his respectful and sorrowful (sad) feelings.

Group of answer choices

a war and a soldier

a ship voyage and a captain

a country and its people

a flag and its carrier

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Question 31 pts
An author's tone is his or her attitude about the subject.

Read the first stanza below from "O Captain! My Captain!" Then, answer the question that follows.



1 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

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The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel,Links to an external site. the vessel grim and daring:

5 But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

This stanza shows a shift in tone from ______________ to _______________.

Group of answer choices

fear to happiness

joy to sadness

frustration to despair

jubilation to boredom

Answer 1

For the first question regarding the extended metaphor in "O Captain! My Captain!", the correct answer is:

b) a ship voyage and a captain.

Whitman uses the metaphor of a ship's voyage to symbolize the journey of the nation during the Civil War, with President Lincoln represented as the captain.

For the second question concerning the shift in tone of the stanza, the correct answer is:

joy to sadness.

The stanza begins with a joyous exultation at the end of the "fearful trip," but it shifts to a somber and tragic reflection on the death of the Captain (Lincoln).