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.

Use the poem to answer the question.

Draw a conclusion about the author’s purpose for the use of figurative language in the last line.

(1 point)
Responses

The figurative language unites the sunrise, the waking city, and the speaker in one moment in time.
The figurative language unites the sunrise, the waking city, and the speaker in one moment in time.

The figurative language compares a spark to the speaker’s appearance.
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 gives the sun human characteristics like the speaker in the poem.
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Answer 1

The figurative language unites the sunrise, the waking city, and the speaker in one moment in time.

Explanation: The simile “like a spark catching” links the speaker’s waking to the same sudden, igniting action described for the sun and city, showing they all awaken together.