C. Emerson's poem has unanswered questions,
making it like a speech. Whitman's poem repeats
ideas for emphasis, making it monotonous.
1. figurative language is what a simile, metaphor, and everything else is
2. no clue
3. comparing two things without the use of the world “like”
4. comparing things by using the word “like”
5. giving human traits to an object
6. exaggeration
7. the opposite of an exaggeration
8. I forgot
9. comparing two or more things for clarification
10. something unexpected like “the fire station burned down”
The characters in String each represent a different way that African Americans cope with disenfranchisement.