Read "The Cricket Sang" by Emily Dickinson. 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. (make it like a 7th grader wrote it)

Answer 1

Figurative language, like metaphors and similes, helps readers understand feelings and ideas in a deeper way by comparing things to make them more relatable. For example, when Dickinson describes twilight as standing "as strangers do," it makes us feel the awkwardness and beauty of the moment.