Read the passage from Robert Frost's poem "The Pasture." I'm going to clean out the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the l
eaves away (And wait to watch the clear water, I may); Which choice best describes the effect of figurative language on these lines? Question 2 options: The author uses personification to give the leaves human traits. The author uses imagery to bring the images of a farm to life for the reader. The author uses symbolism to draw deep parallels between the spring and life. The author uses metaphor to compare the pasture spring and the water.
Answer: B) The author uses imagery to bring the images of a farm to life for the reader.
Explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in the use of figurative language or detailed descriptions in order to evoke the senses of the reader and to create a mental picture. In the given passage from Robert Frost's poem "The Pasture" we can see that the author uses imagery ("And wait to watch the clear water, I may," " I'll only stop to rake the leaves away") to bring the images of a farm to life for the reader.
Adverbs are words that are used to modify or qualify the verb, adjective and sometimes another adverb. From the sentence above and from the choices given, the word that is not an adverb is the word because. Thus, the answer is letter D.
