Question

The sun wakes up,
orange embers on the horizon.
Light strikes the buildings like flame.
The city yawns, stretches, awakes.
And like a spark catching, I, too,
start the day.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Draw a conclusion about the author’s purpose forthe use of figurative language in the last line.
(1 point)
The figurative language compares a spark to
the speaker’s appearance.
The figurative language gives the sun human
characteristics like the speaker in the poem.
The figurative language connects the city to
the images of light in the poem.
The figurative language unites the sunrise,
the waking city, and the speaker in one
moment in time.

Answer 1

The figurative language unites the sunrise, the waking city, and the speaker in one moment in time.
(“Like a spark catching” links the speaker’s waking to the sun’s light and the city’s awakening.)